For the first time, participants had to demonstrate proficiency in vocabulary in addition to spelling.
New York City has its first Scripps National Spelling Bee winner in 16 years.
After spelling the word correctly, she leapt for joy and dashed back to her seat.
Spelling Bee Director Paige Kimble said the rule change is a natural extension of the contest.
Spelling tests, both computer-based and onstage, will make up the other half of their scores.
In describing his US, he is also spelling out what he thinks it should be.
Alas, the ROKR is, according to the Motorola Dictionary of Trendy Abridged Spelling, MEDIOKR.
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About 200 people gathered for the vigil, which included the lighting of candles spelling "Jade RIP".
Eight are all pointing out how incredibly horrible the article is regarding spelling and grammar.
There's a huge difference between Cumbria and Croydon and it's not just in the spelling.
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In the 3rd grade he wrote a computer program to alphabetize his spelling words.
And her "Melrose" career came to an abrupt halt when Spelling Entertainment fired her.
And not just British English: spelling aside, the Shorter Oxford is thoroughly American as well.
For a peek inside the uber-expensive Spelling Manor, check out the slide show above.
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An elderly teacher points out the spelling mistakes in the graffiti daubed across the town.
Did his already God awful spelling (oligarhy instead of oligarchy) somehow get even worse?
And then you are a few clicks away from playing a spelling game with each other.
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He is also known by the Cantonese spelling of his name, Wong Kwong Yu.
Karl, on an ongoing basis, is our chief editor for spelling, style and grammar.
Professor Levi knows Virgil so well he hardly bothers spelling out the stages of his life.
As the mom of two young children, Tori Spelling has her hands full constantly.
This year's spelling bee saw the youngest contestant, 6-year-old Lori Anne Madison of Lake Ridge, Virginia.
Today's Scripps National Spelling Bee winner would crush the 1992 winner in a spell-off.
The deaf, like dyslexics, rarely win spelling bees, as they tend to produce wildly inaccurate spellings.
Democrats are furious because Republicans still haven't presented legislative language spelling out their plan in detail.
The English language is a riot of irregularities, contradictions and exceptions, in both spelling and grammar.
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In China, Chang Hsueh-liang (or Zhang Xueliang in the modern romanised spelling) remains a Communist hero.
Vlad escaped, headed to France, changed the spelling of his name and started making vodka again.
And the relationship between spelling and pronunciation in Portuguese and the Scandinavian languages is hardly simple.
Steve Forbes has done a commendable job spelling out why America's tax system must be simplified.
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