Transcript: Spelling Bee Contestant Recalls Experience

MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
05-29-2009
Spelling Bee Contestant Recalls Experience

Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 21:00-22:00 PM


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MELISSA BLOCK, host:

Last night, Laodicean was the winning word at the Scripps National Spelling Bee Championship for 13-year-old Kavya Shivashankar of Olathe, Kansas. But many of those watching the broadcast may have had their hearts captured by another 13- year-old, the ebullient Kennyi Aouad from Terre Haute, Indiana.

Unidentified Man #1: Gyascutus.

Mr. KENNYI AOUAD: Gyascutus. May I have the origin, please?

Unidentified Man #1: It's unknown.

Mr. AOUAD: Eh, all right.

(Soundbite of laughter)

Mr. AOUAD: May I have it used in sentence, please?

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