Well, I hope you watched last night because it was damm exciting. We were jumping up and down as it came down to one word for the championship title of the 79th Annual Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee. The girl from New Jersey scored a victory for all America – well, she beat a Canadian, but still – to become the first girl since 1999 to win. Eighth grader Katharine Close spelled “ursprache'' correctly to win, while the other one missed on “weltschmerz,” if anything, an easier word.
Easy, right? Sure. You knew them all. Of course.
Actually, Close said she was relieved when she heard the final word and realized she knew how to spell “ursprache,” guaranteeing her about $45,000 in cash and scholarships.
She is the first champion ever from New Jersey. (They’ve been doing this since 1925.)
Most finalists -- 196 -- attend public schools, 26 attend private schools, 13 attend parochial schools and three attend charter schools. Thirty-seven were home schooled.
BTW, “ursprache'' means a “reconstructed, hypothetical parent language."
“Weltschmerz,” another noun of German origin, is defined as “sorrow or sadness over the present or future evils of the world, a sentimental sadness.”
But you already knew that.
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