Ansun Sujoe (Speller 237) stood tapping the microphone. His word was "laulau," and he seemed confused.
"What does this mean?" he asked.
The definition -- meat and fish (as pork and salmon) wrapped in leaves and baked or steamed -- didn't seem to help.
But the sentence did: The Big Island wasn't big enough for the two rival laulau stands.
"Oohh, laulau!," said Ansun, a Fort Worth, Texas seventh grader. He spelled it correctly.