Dr. Bailly does have one flaw, according to the sentence he read to speller 138, Aanjaneyaa Venkataraman.
"The idea that just because I am a world-class speller means I'm great at everything is a misconception, in fact I am terrible at being humble."
The audience laughed. He spelled "misconception" correctly.
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