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And yes, associate pronouncer Jacques Bailly is the current pronouncer.
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If I recall, there's one speller who was unlucky enough to end up spelling every one of their words during a break.
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Georgia is one of those states where there's a statewide championship, and only the state champ is sent to the bee.
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It certainly wouldn't be the last—they'd win the following year.
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"Doyenne" is indeed a word, which is why I thought I had it. But the definition they gave said "senior *male* member". "Doyenne" is the feminine form.
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That's one fun thing about the spelling bee: they *do* reuse words from year to year.
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Even though it's a competition, what I got most out of the spelling bee was a sense of camaraderie.
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So many fond memories of logging onto AIM, creating a chat named "The Apiary" and hanging out with other spellers.
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Such a massive difference after watching the earlier bees!
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I did not expect to make it all the way to 4th place. Or even to the finals.
There were other words in my rounds I would have had *no idea* on.
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You might know every word in the round but one—and if the order of the word list just happens to give you that one word, you're out.
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Because ESPN is leading straight into the NBA HORSE Challenge, I leave you with this incredibly appropriate promo from the 2001 #SpellingBee:
(Apologies for the video quality, I think I ripped this from VHS *in* 2001.)