"Dzień dobry," said Zander Worm, speller 118, as he approached the microphone.
"What language is that," Dr. Bailly asked.
"Polish," Zander replied.
The Michigan seventh grader spelled "Basenji" correctly to stay in.
A little later, speller 132, Missouri sixth grader Kael Miranda, greeted Dr. Bailly with "konichiwa," Japanese for "good afternoon."
He spelled "leviathan" correctly."
And speller 140, Nebraska eighth grader Tharein S. Potuhera, greeted Dr. Bailly in Irish Gaelic, saying "dia dhuit."
He lifted the mic stand as he spelled "propinquity" correctly.
A little later, speller 132, Missouri sixth grader Kael Miranda, greeted Dr. Bailly with "konichiwa," Japanese for "good afternoon."
He spelled "leviathan" correctly."
And speller 140, Nebraska eighth grader Tharein S. Potuhera, greeted Dr. Bailly in Irish Gaelic, saying "dia dhuit."
He lifted the mic stand as he spelled "propinquity" correctly.