Kyle Mou spells schizaffin with an o instead of an a—ding!—and earns a standing O in the process. He could make a comeback if the other spellers fall as well.
But no. His teammate Aishwarya Pastapur charges through wisent.
This ensures Kavya Shivashankar her best showing ever. And she spells diacoele correctly.
Tim Ruiter trimphs over reredos.
Now we are three. Time for championship words as the bee goes past 10:00pm.
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Thursday, May 28, 2009
National Spelling Bee 2009: Round 11
Newbie Ramya Auroprem sadly spells amarevole with an i instead of an o. Ding! Well-done, of course.
Kyle Mou offers a glowing performance of becquerel. Aishwarya Pastapur gets a cheesy word—Caerphilly—and refuses to crumble. Illinois remains strong!
Kennyi Aouad spells palatschinken with a double l and falls flat as a pancake—but only in the figurative sense. He had a great run. Ding!
Kavya Shivashankar gets a fairly common musical term: ecossaise. This should be no problem for her given her interest in classical music. And it isn't.
Newbie Anamika Veermani seems unsure about fackeltanz—another music/dance term, and she trips up. Ding! Great work.
Tim Ruiter shrugs off jacqueminot.
Down to four finalists: two male, two female, two from Illinois!
Kyle Mou offers a glowing performance of becquerel. Aishwarya Pastapur gets a cheesy word—Caerphilly—and refuses to crumble. Illinois remains strong!
Kennyi Aouad spells palatschinken with a double l and falls flat as a pancake—but only in the figurative sense. He had a great run. Ding!
Kavya Shivashankar gets a fairly common musical term: ecossaise. This should be no problem for her given her interest in classical music. And it isn't.
Newbie Anamika Veermani seems unsure about fackeltanz—another music/dance term, and she trips up. Ding! Great work.
Tim Ruiter shrugs off jacqueminot.
Down to four finalists: two male, two female, two from Illinois!
National Spelling Bee 2009: Round 10
Get ready for some impossible words—if not in this round, then very soon.
Ramya Auroprem muscles through iliopsoas—excellent!
Kyle Mou spells oeillade in the wink of an eye.
Aishwarya Pastapur seems to run into trouble with xebec but sails away with it and advances Scrabble in the process.
Kennyi Aoaud spells relief g-r-i-s-a-i-l-l-e.
Kavya Shivashankar continued to blossom with huisache. I almost spelled it correctly myself!
Anamika Veeramani is super-smooth with Neufchâtel.
Tim Ruiter cottoned to cretonne—at least his second "cotton" word.
Might as well take note here that the sample sentences are funnier than usual. Broadway influence.
Ramya Auroprem muscles through iliopsoas—excellent!
Kyle Mou spells oeillade in the wink of an eye.
Aishwarya Pastapur seems to run into trouble with xebec but sails away with it and advances Scrabble in the process.
Kennyi Aoaud spells relief g-r-i-s-a-i-l-l-e.
Kavya Shivashankar continued to blossom with huisache. I almost spelled it correctly myself!
Anamika Veeramani is super-smooth with Neufchâtel.
Tim Ruiter cottoned to cretonne—at least his second "cotton" word.
Might as well take note here that the sample sentences are funnier than usual. Broadway influence.
National Spelling Bee 2009: Round 9
Julio Cortázar fans rejoice: Ramya Auroprem cold-bloodedly stomps out axolotl.
Note that the top two Illinois spellers remain in this round. Kyle "Laid Back" Mou makes a persuasive case for plaidoyer. Aishwarya Pastapur dances off with goombay
Kennyi Aouad lives up to his build-up by spelling hypallage.
Look for the way the backdrop bee's eyes line up behind Kennyi's head (and possibly the heads of other contestants: Mickey Mouse ears!
Kavya Shavishankar gets baignoire—a bete noire for me but not for her!
Anamika Veeramani prevails over arrhostia and saves herself from extinction.
Tim Ruiter byssinosis, which has an unending definition and doesn't put an end to him.
All seven spellers survive this round.
Note that the top two Illinois spellers remain in this round. Kyle "Laid Back" Mou makes a persuasive case for plaidoyer. Aishwarya Pastapur dances off with goombay
Kennyi Aouad lives up to his build-up by spelling hypallage.
Look for the way the backdrop bee's eyes line up behind Kennyi's head (and possibly the heads of other contestants: Mickey Mouse ears!
Kavya Shavishankar gets baignoire—a bete noire for me but not for her!
Anamika Veeramani prevails over arrhostia and saves herself from extinction.
Tim Ruiter byssinosis, which has an unending definition and doesn't put an end to him.
All seven spellers survive this round.
National Spelling Bee 2009: Round 8
I don't know what Shawn Johnson is doing on this show, but perhaps she can provide insight into what it's like for young people to be so intensely involved in this kind of thing. Nah. She's got some kind of a connection to a bee official.
Ramya Auroprem spits out geusioleptic.
Conchyliated conquers Serena Skye Laine-Lobsinger. And that's it for Florida. Good going, Serena!
Kyle Mou gets lucky, I think, by drawing avoirdupois—and he takes full advantage of the situation.
Aishwarya Pashtapur also draws a fairly common word: tagliatelle. but the definition? "Pasta in the shape of noodles"? Please. Anyway, she slurps it up.
We now pause for the great song "I Put a Spell on You."
Kennyi Aoaud gets teased before tangling with gyascutus—another fabulous creature. Kennyi is sniffling, but the word is certainly nothing to sneeze at. He kind of stumbled through it, but made it.
Kavya "Licorice" Shivashankar is a huge Nupur Lala fan. She gets a huge Monty Python word: blancmange and swallows it whole.
A shocker: apodyterium strips Sidharth "Super Side" Chand of his chances. Super sad, but he's still a great speller.
Neetu Chandak is back with derriengue, which sounds like a fever that affects the butt. She spells it fast, leaves out an r, and it bites her in the ass. You did the Empire State proud, Neetu!
Anamika Veermani gobbles up simnel.
And here's Tim Ruiter, dancing off with passacaglia—another word I know.
As Tom Bergeron points out, seven spellers remain: four female, three male. Not that it matters.
For blancmange:
Source (9:09)
Source (7:15)
Source (7:02)
Ramya Auroprem spits out geusioleptic.
Conchyliated conquers Serena Skye Laine-Lobsinger. And that's it for Florida. Good going, Serena!
Kyle Mou gets lucky, I think, by drawing avoirdupois—and he takes full advantage of the situation.
Aishwarya Pashtapur also draws a fairly common word: tagliatelle. but the definition? "Pasta in the shape of noodles"? Please. Anyway, she slurps it up.
We now pause for the great song "I Put a Spell on You."
Kennyi Aoaud gets teased before tangling with gyascutus—another fabulous creature. Kennyi is sniffling, but the word is certainly nothing to sneeze at. He kind of stumbled through it, but made it.
Kavya "Licorice" Shivashankar is a huge Nupur Lala fan. She gets a huge Monty Python word: blancmange and swallows it whole.
A shocker: apodyterium strips Sidharth "Super Side" Chand of his chances. Super sad, but he's still a great speller.
Neetu Chandak is back with derriengue, which sounds like a fever that affects the butt. She spells it fast, leaves out an r, and it bites her in the ass. You did the Empire State proud, Neetu!
Anamika Veermani gobbles up simnel.
And here's Tim Ruiter, dancing off with passacaglia—another word I know.
As Tom Bergeron points out, seven spellers remain: four female, three male. Not that it matters.
For blancmange:
Source (9:09)
Source (7:15)
Source (7:02)
National Spelling Bee 2009: Round 7
National coverage begins with another ski word: avalement. How does Ramya Auroprem handle it? In a word: swoosh!
Next up: Serena "Ms. Effervescent" Laine-Lobsinger. She gets a word I know—omphaloskepsis—and nails it on the button.
A commentator [Paul Loeffler of ESPN] names Sidharth Chand and Kavya Shivashankar as the favorites.
Here comes Kyle Mou, who ices pogonip.
Dr. Jill Biden (Mrs. VP) is in the audience.
Aishwarya Patapur dispatches deipnosophist.
Please keep track of things here, but don't fail to check out the live chat at A List of Things Thrown Away Five Minutes Ago!
Kennyi "Mr. Jollity" Aouad gets the fairly common scilicet, scilicet namely.
Kavya Shavishankar shows her mettle on hydrargyrum.
Sidharth Chand—a chess player—checkmates Reykjavik (where Bobby Fischer faced Boris Spassky).
Tussah Heera is here—and she seems nervous. She has herniorrhaphy—and I think it's going to be tough for her. Ding—after a significant pause, she left out the second r.
New York's Neetu Chandak gets ophelimity and streaks through it to her great satisfaction!
We now pause for an interview with Kennyi, who really has a great sense of humor.
Anamika Veeramani gets Anasazi and spells it with native intelligence (if you pardon the expression).
Tim Ruiter flies with psittacosis.
It's down to ten, with considerably tougher words probably lurking around the corner.
Next up: Serena "Ms. Effervescent" Laine-Lobsinger. She gets a word I know—omphaloskepsis—and nails it on the button.
A commentator [Paul Loeffler of ESPN] names Sidharth Chand and Kavya Shivashankar as the favorites.
Here comes Kyle Mou, who ices pogonip.
Dr. Jill Biden (Mrs. VP) is in the audience.
Aishwarya Patapur dispatches deipnosophist.
Please keep track of things here, but don't fail to check out the live chat at A List of Things Thrown Away Five Minutes Ago!
Kennyi "Mr. Jollity" Aouad gets the fairly common scilicet, scilicet namely.
Kavya Shavishankar shows her mettle on hydrargyrum.
Sidharth Chand—a chess player—checkmates Reykjavik (where Bobby Fischer faced Boris Spassky).
Tussah Heera is here—and she seems nervous. She has herniorrhaphy—and I think it's going to be tough for her. Ding—after a significant pause, she left out the second r.
New York's Neetu Chandak gets ophelimity and streaks through it to her great satisfaction!
We now pause for an interview with Kennyi, who really has a great sense of humor.
Anamika Veeramani gets Anasazi and spells it with native intelligence (if you pardon the expression).
Tim Ruiter flies with psittacosis.
It's down to ten, with considerably tougher words probably lurking around the corner.
National Spelling Bee 2009: Finalists
Here they are—seven female, four male!
Californian Ramya Auroprem is a teacher of Tamil.
Returnee Serena Laine-Lobsinger of Florida says her favorite author is Jane Austen.
Third-time returnee Kyle Mou, of Illinois, tied for tenth place last year; he's blogged about his involvement this year.
Third-time returnee Aishwarya Pastapur, also of Illinois, is a math whiz.
Third-time returnee Kennyi Aouad of Indiana is a crowd favorite who describes himself as "jolly."
Fourth-time returnee Kavya Shivashankar of Kansas has finished 10th, 8th, and 4th in the years leading up to this year's contest.
Returnee Sidharth Chand of Michigan finished second last year.
Tussah Heera of Nevada is an outstanding pianist who blogs and tweets.
Third-time returnee Neetu Chandak of New York speaks Hindi and wears charms.
Anamika Veeramani of Ohio hopes to become a heart surgeon.
Tim Ruiter of Virginia is said to do a killer Gollum impression.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
National Spelling Bee 2009: Semifinalists
Only 41 spellers survived the first three rounds to duke it out on Thursday.
Neither of the Big Apple spellers made it, but Zachary Zagorski of Oceanside is in, as is Michael Sun of Paramus.
Their formidable opponents include Kavya Shivashankar and Sidharth Chand as well as Kennyi "The Giggler" Aouad, Keiko Bridwell, Neetu Chandak, third-grader Sriram Hathwar, Josephine Kao, Kyle Mou, Mouctika Paluri, Aishwarya Pastapur, Avvinash Radakrishnan, and Vaibhav Vavilala.
Here's Kennyi from 2007.
Source (4:07)
Neither of the Big Apple spellers made it, but Zachary Zagorski of Oceanside is in, as is Michael Sun of Paramus.
Their formidable opponents include Kavya Shivashankar and Sidharth Chand as well as Kennyi "The Giggler" Aouad, Keiko Bridwell, Neetu Chandak, third-grader Sriram Hathwar, Josephine Kao, Kyle Mou, Mouctika Paluri, Aishwarya Pastapur, Avvinash Radakrishnan, and Vaibhav Vavilala.
Here's Kennyi from 2007.
Source (4:07)
Friday, May 30, 2008
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE 2008 ROUND TEN
Samia Nawaz cooked on escabeche.
Tia Thomas went right through propylaeum.
Justin Song shattered like glass when contemplating satyagraha. Bailly had real trouble pronouncing it, too! Doesn't look like a challenge opportunity.
And then there were ten. And one Californian.
And then Kyle Mou didn't get into the groove on lapies.
Nine.
Rose Sloan had the cure for fumagillin.
Sameer Mishra avoided the agony of da fetus with chorion.
Kavya Shivashankar didn't get strung out on martellato.
Sidharth Chand enshrined ziarat.
Catherine (Cat) Cojocaru made a heroic effort only to be defeated by bogatyr.
Eight.
Scott Remer totally nailed lemel.
Jahnavi Iyer was skinned alive by parfleche.
And now there are seven.
Samia Nawaz cooked on escabeche.
Tia Thomas went right through propylaeum.
Justin Song shattered like glass when contemplating satyagraha. Bailly had real trouble pronouncing it, too! Doesn't look like a challenge opportunity.
And then there were ten. And one Californian.
And then Kyle Mou didn't get into the groove on lapies.
Nine.
Rose Sloan had the cure for fumagillin.
Sameer Mishra avoided the agony of da fetus with chorion.
Kavya Shivashankar didn't get strung out on martellato.
Sidharth Chand enshrined ziarat.
Catherine (Cat) Cojocaru made a heroic effort only to be defeated by bogatyr.
Eight.
Scott Remer totally nailed lemel.
Jahnavi Iyer was skinned alive by parfleche.
And now there are seven.
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE 2008 ROUND 9
Will Ferrell + Steve Carell = Funny!
Samia Nawaz had one shot at monogoneutic...and made the most of it!
Tia Thomas, five-time returnee, didn't need to leave after getting monster word brankursine.
Justin Song left no room for interpretation when it came to spelling Rorschach, which
Kyle Mou flew through trochiline—impressive!
Rose Sloan used hyperventilation technique to bottle up alcarraza and make it into the next round.
INSTANT CLASSIC!!!! Sameer Mishra got the word numnah. Heh. Hey, Beavis—Bailly said numnah. Sameer spelled it right. And understood why everyone was laughing.
(I think this will go straight to host Tom Bergeron's show.)
Kavya Shivashankar qualified for the academic pantheon with epideictic.
Sidharth Chand saw his way through ommateal.
Catherine (Cat) Cojocaru really cooked on boulangére (without specifying the accent).
Scott Remer didn't have to leave after spelling his way through ranunculaceous.
Jahnavi Iyer spake and thrusted her way through the consonant cluster in Nietzschean.
Everyone makes it into the next round!
Will Ferrell + Steve Carell = Funny!
Samia Nawaz had one shot at monogoneutic...and made the most of it!
Tia Thomas, five-time returnee, didn't need to leave after getting monster word brankursine.
Justin Song left no room for interpretation when it came to spelling Rorschach, which
Kyle Mou flew through trochiline—impressive!
Rose Sloan used hyperventilation technique to bottle up alcarraza and make it into the next round.
INSTANT CLASSIC!!!! Sameer Mishra got the word numnah. Heh. Hey, Beavis—Bailly said numnah. Sameer spelled it right. And understood why everyone was laughing.
(I think this will go straight to host Tom Bergeron's show.)
Kavya Shivashankar qualified for the academic pantheon with epideictic.
Sidharth Chand saw his way through ommateal.
Catherine (Cat) Cojocaru really cooked on boulangére (without specifying the accent).
Scott Remer didn't have to leave after spelling his way through ranunculaceous.
Jahnavi Iyer spake and thrusted her way through the consonant cluster in Nietzschean.
Everyone makes it into the next round!
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE 2008 ROUND 8
Samia Nawaz respected every single letter in bowdlerize
Tia Thomas tackled shamateurism like a true pro.
The hair-twirling of Austin Pineda failed him on tralatitious. So that's one Californian down.
But Justin Song surfed through aurelian, dude.
Kyle Mou obviously had the key to cryptarithm.
Rose Sloan saw her way through hemeralopia.
Sameer Mishra made basenji roll over and beg.
Kavya Shivashankar burned up empyrean.
Sidharth Chand's spelling of tautological needed no repetition.
(Host Jacques Bailly sounds like John Malkovich.)
Catherine (Cat) Cojocaru was tres bon on Huguenot
Scott Remer spelled digerati like he was some sort of computer expert.
Jahnavi Iyer needed no medical advice to spell caduceus.
One down, eleven left!
Samia Nawaz respected every single letter in bowdlerize
Tia Thomas tackled shamateurism like a true pro.
The hair-twirling of Austin Pineda failed him on tralatitious. So that's one Californian down.
But Justin Song surfed through aurelian, dude.
Kyle Mou obviously had the key to cryptarithm.
Rose Sloan saw her way through hemeralopia.
Sameer Mishra made basenji roll over and beg.
Kavya Shivashankar burned up empyrean.
Sidharth Chand's spelling of tautological needed no repetition.
(Host Jacques Bailly sounds like John Malkovich.)
Catherine (Cat) Cojocaru was tres bon on Huguenot
Scott Remer spelled digerati like he was some sort of computer expert.
Jahnavi Iyer needed no medical advice to spell caduceus.
One down, eleven left!
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