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Pronouncer:
THE WORD IS "BANNS".

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[ Whispering ]
BANDS, BANDS, BANDS, BANDS.

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BANDS. OH-H...

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THERE'S GOTTA
BE SOMETHING I CAN THINK OF.

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WITH A "D" SOUND OR
WITHOUT A "D" SOUND?

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UM, YOU SAID IT'S
A HOMONYM AND YOU TOLD ME WHAT IT MEANS,

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BUT AM I ALLOWED TO ASK
WHAT ITS HOMONYM MEANS?

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ALL RIGHT, I'M
STARTING OVER.

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B-A-N-...

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D...

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WHAT I HAVE SO
FAR IS B-A-N-D.

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I DON'T KNOW IF THAT
WAS A GREAT IDEA BUT...

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OOPS, MAYBE I SHOULDN'T
HAVE SAID THAT. OH WELL.

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[ Sighing ]

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[ Whirring of
camera shutter ]

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[ Exhaling ]

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Members of audience:
[ Light coughs ]

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[ ♪ ]

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[ ♪ ]

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Students: [ In unison ]
YESTERDAY, THE ARTIST IN THE BLUE SMOCK

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SKETCHED AND PAINTED
MARGARET ANN'S PORTRAIT.

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WHO SKETCHED AND PAINTED
MARGARET ANN'S PORTRAIT?

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Male interviewer:
HOW DO YOU GUYS DESCRIBE LIFE OUT HERE?

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BORING.
BORING.

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NUMBER ONE:
BORING.

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Girl 1:
THERE'S NOTHING MUCH TO DO

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EXCEPT GO TO THE THEATRE.

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Girl 2:
TERRIBLE THERE.

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Girl 1:
I KNOW.

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Girl 2:
IT'S TERRIBLE THERE.

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Girl 3:
I'VE HAD SOME OF MY FRIENDS

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SIGN THE CARDS.

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LIKE CHELSEA, SHE'S
A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE.

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IF I SEE THAT NAME

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AND IT'S RIGHT
NEXT TO THE WORD,

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I KIND OF THINK THAT
SHE'S CHEERING ME ON,

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YOU KNOW, TO WIN
THE SPELLING BEE.

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I ALSO WROTE DOWN
WORDS ON POSTER BOARD

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AND I GLUED 'EM
ON HERE, AND...

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I KIND OF MADE THIS
LITTLE CROSSWORD PUZZLE.

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Interviewer:
WHO TAUGHT YOU THESE METHODS OF LEARNING SPELLING?

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I GUESS I KIND OF JUST...

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CAME UP WITH THEM MYSELF.

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WHOO-OO-OO!

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[ Bawling of cattle ]

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WHOO-OO!

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WHOO-OO!

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Man:
ANGELA WAS KIND OF GIVING HIM A HARD TIME

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THE OTHER
DAY, THAT...

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'CAUSE HE DIDN'T
KNOW ANY ENGLISH,

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AND SHE SAID, "YOU KNOW,
YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR 20 YEARS

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AND YOU CAN'T SPEAK ENGLISH."

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HE SAYS, "WELL I'VE BEEN
TAKING CARE OF CATTLE

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FOR 20 YEARS. THEY
DON'T SPEAK ENGLISH."

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[ Chuckle ]

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HE'S WORKED HERE,

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PRACTICALLY, I THINK,

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FOR ABOUT... WHAT IS IT?

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19 OR 20 YEARS NOW?

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20.

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[ Clearing
of throat ] HUH?

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20.

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30...

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20!
20.

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I KNEW IT WAS
19 OR 20 HE'S WORKED HERE.

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HE'S A REAL
RELIABLE...

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HE'S A RELIABLE
MEXICAN.

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AND OF COURSE
YOU RUN INTO A FEW MEXICANS PRETTY RELIABLE.

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THEY'RE NOT ALL
JUST BUMS AND TRAMPS, YOU KNOW.

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THERE'S A LOT
OF GOOD ONES MIXED UP IN THEM.

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Woman: [ On TV ]
...BORDER PATROL AGENTS.

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SENATOR JUDITH ZAFFIRINI
WANTS TO GIVE AGENTS

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THE RIGHT TO MAKE ARRESTS,

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SEARCHES AND SEIZURES

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FOR VIOLATIONS
OF STATE LAW.

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THE FATHER OF A
BORDER AGENT SHOT TO DEATH LAST YEAR

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IS THE ONE WHO REQUESTED
THE LEGISLATION.

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THEY'RE JUST
SO PROUD THAT...

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I MEAN, THEY DIDN'T COME
OVER HERE FOR NOTHING.

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THEY THOUGHT WE WOULD
HAVE BETTER EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OVER HERE.

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AND I GUESS IT HAS ALL
BEEN WORTH IT FOR THEM.

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[ Speaking in Spanish ]

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HE WAS SCARED 'CAUSE
BACK IN HIS YOUTH,

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HE HAD TRIED CROSSING
ILLEGALLY AND HE HAD GOTTEN CAUGHT,

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AND SPENT...

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QUITE A BIT OF TIME
IN AN IMMIGRATION DETENTION CENTRE.

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AND HE WASN'T
TREATED VERY WELL.

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I KIND OF HAD
AN IDEA, AS OLD AS I WAS, BELIEVE IT OR NOT,

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THAT, YOU KNOW,
WE WEREN'T DOING WHAT... WHAT WAS RIGHT.

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TO ME, I JUST, YOU KNOW,
I REMEMBER MY MOTHER

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AS, YOU KNOW,
SUCH AN INNOCENT...

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GIRL BACK THEN,
THAT WAS, YOU KNOW...

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HAD THESE TWO CHILDREN.

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AND I REMEMBER...

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YOU KNOW,
ACTUALLY WALKING TO THE RIVER.

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SHE HELD ME BY
THE HAND AND HAD MY SISTER IN HER ARMS

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WHEN WE
CROSSED.

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ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT ANGELA?

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HOW...

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HOW DID SHE
LEARN TO SPEAK ENGLISH SO WELL

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SINCE THEY
SPEAK SPANISH ALL THE TIME?

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WELL, THE
FIRST WAY IS...

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FIRST DEAL,
SHE'S SMART.

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SHE DON'T
HAVE TO HEAR SOMETHING BUT ONE TIME

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AND SHE KNOWS
WHAT IT IS.

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[ Shouts of excitement ]

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[ Mixed chatter ]

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Woman:
WHEN I TOOK HER HOME THE OTHER AFTERNOON,

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SHE SAID, "MISS SLAUGHTER,

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WHAT IF I DON'T WIN?"

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AND I SAID, "SO YOU DON'T WIN.

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YOU KNOW, YOU'VE...

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YOU'RE ALREADY...
YOU'VE WON.

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SO YOU DON'T SPELL
THE RIGHT WORD, OKAY."

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I SAID, "THEN YOU
DON'T HAVE TO STUDY FOR THE NEXT MONTH."

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SHE SAID, "YEAH!" YOU
KNOW HOW SHE IS. "YEAH!"

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I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR...

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TOMORROW,
FOR THAT DAY.

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I'VE BEEN WAITING
FOR IT FOREVER.

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Girl:
ALL YEAR. ALL YEAR.

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AND IT'S... I
CAN FINALLY SAY,

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"TOMORROW IS THE
REGIONAL SPELLING BEE."

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I COULD FINALLY SAY THAT.

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[ ♪ ]

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Woman:
AS YOU KNOW, THE SPELLERS

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ARE UNDER A
TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF STRESS AND PRESSURE.

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SO WE'D LIKE... WE NEED
TO TRY FOR THE AUDIENCE

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TO KEEP AS QUIET
AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.

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Male Pronouncer:
SPELLER 21.

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"CULTIVATION."

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CULTIVATION:

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C-U-L-T-I-V-A-T-I-O-N.

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CULTIVATION.

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COMEDIAN:

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C-O-M-E-D-I-A-N.

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COMEDIAN.

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P-O-D-A-N-T-I-C.

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[ Chiming of bell ]
Pronouncer: CORRECT SPELLING:

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P-E-D-A-N-T-I-C.

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[ Chiming of bell ]
CORRECT SPELLING:

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R-A-P-P-E-L-L-E-D.

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[ Chiming of bell ]

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Pronouncer:
COULD I HAVE SPELLERS 21 AND 24 TO THE MIC, PLEASE?

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"ANGSTROMS."

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ANGSTROMS:

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A-N-G-S-T-R-O-M-S.

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"ATROPHY."

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ATROPHY:
A-T-R-O-...

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"EXTENUATE."

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EXTENUATE.
"BLUDGEON."

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BLUDGEON.
RADIOCIN.

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I-O-C-I-....

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"CHAPEAU."

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"RENOWNED."

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"PERPETUATE."

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[ Unintelligible ]
INTERROGATORY...

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PROPHYLAXIS...
FEASIBLE...

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POST-PRANDIAL...
STAMINA...

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[ Jumble of words ]

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"VALETUDINARIAN."

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VAL-ET-UDINARIAN:

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V-A-L-E-...

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T-U-...

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D-I-N-A-R-I-A-N.

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VALETUDINARIAN.

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"CABANA."

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CABANYA:

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C-A-B-A-N-Y-A.

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CABANYA.
[ Chiming of bell ]

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Woman:
I'M SORRY, IT'S INCORRECT.

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ANGELA, YOU NOW HAVE
A CHANCE TO SPELL THE CHAMPIONSHIP WORD.

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Pronouncer:
"CROCODILIAN."

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C-R-O-C-

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O-D-I-L-I-A-N.

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Pronouncer:
WE HAVE A CHAMP.

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[ Shriek of joy ]
[ Applause/cheers ]

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Angela:
I DID IT.

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TURN AROUND HERE.

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...AROUND THE
OTHER SIDE.

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PUT YOU IN
THE MIDDLE. YEAH.

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PUT YOU IN
THE MIDDLE.

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Man:
THERE YOU GO, GRAM, THAT'S GOOD.

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TALK ABOUT YOUR WINNER.
THAT LOOKS GREAT.

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OH, I DID IT.
I DID IT!

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[ Fake choke ]

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MAYBE.
WASHINGTON.

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[ Mixed chatter ]

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I'M JUST... I'M
LIKE, "WHOA."

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SEE YOU
FRIDAY. OKAY...

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I DON'T EVEN
KNOW SOME OF THEM.

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AN EIGHTH GRADER
IN PERRYTON WAS THE GUEST OF HONOUR

193
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AT A PEP RALLY
AND PARADE TODAY.

194
00:10:02,468 --> 00:10:04,970
ANGELA ARENIVAR IS
OFF TO WASHINGTON, D.C. THIS WEEKEND

195
00:10:04,971 --> 00:10:05,972
FOR THE NATIONAL
SPELLING BEE.

196
00:10:05,972 --> 00:10:07,974
SHE'S THE REGIONAL
SPELLING CHAMP.

197
00:10:07,974 --> 00:10:09,475
AND TODAY, ANGELA'S
TEACHERS AND CLASSMATES

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00:10:09,475 --> 00:10:10,976
GAVE HER A
ROYAL SEND-OFF.

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00:10:10,977 --> 00:10:12,979
Male anchor:
ARENIVAR: A-R-E-N-I-V-A-R,

200
00:10:12,979 --> 00:10:14,080
IN CASE YOU'RE
WONDERING.

201
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YOU CHEATED.
SEE YOU TONIGHT.

202
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[ Giggle ]
GOOD NIGHT.

203
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I MEAN, I WAS CRYING
AFTER THE SPELLING BEE.

204
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I'M... I'VE NEVER
CRIED, LIKE, FOR BEING HAPPY, YOU KNOW?

205
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THAT'S HOW HAPPY I WAS.

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Woman:
YOUR DAD WAS CRYING. HE... OH...

207
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I'VE NEVER SEEN
MY DAD CRY.

208
00:10:32,598 --> 00:10:34,099
Jorge:
HE'S GOING TO GO.

209
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HE DIDN'T REALLY
WANT TO GO AT FIRST,

210
00:10:36,102 --> 00:10:39,405
BUT YOU KNOW HE'S BEEN
OUT HERE FOR 20, 25 YEARS.

211
00:10:39,405 --> 00:10:41,407
HE CAME HERE...

212
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HIS... I THINK THAT IT
WOULD BE CLOSING FOR HIM

213
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TO GO TO WASHINGTON
AND SEE ANGELA

214
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BECAUSE THIS IS
WHAT HE CAME HERE FOR.

215
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HE DIDN'T COME
OUT HERE TO WORK.

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I MEAN, THAT'S PART OF IT.

217
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BUT THE CLOSING
IN IT FOR ME,

218
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THE END OF THE
STORY IS FOR HIM

219
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TO GET TO GO TO
WASHINGTON AND SEE HER.

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[ ♪ ]

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00:11:16,042 --> 00:11:18,044
Male voice:
[ On computer] MESOSEISMAL:

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00:11:18,044 --> 00:11:19,145
OF, OR RELATING TO,

223
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THE CENTRE OF AN AREA OF
EARTHQUAKE DISTURBANCE.

224
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MY PARENTS WERE VERY
PRESSURED TO SUCCEED,

225
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ESPECIALLY IN
INDIA, BECAUSE...

226
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ACADEMICS THERE ARE TAKEN
VERY, VERY SERIOUSLY.

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Woman:
PEOPLE FROM INDIA HAVE A VERY STRICT PHILOSOPHY

228
00:11:44,470 --> 00:11:45,971
ABOUT EDUCATION
WITH THEIR CHILDREN,

229
00:11:45,971 --> 00:11:48,073
AND I NOTICE THAT WITH
ALL THE CHILDREN FROM INDIA

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WHO COME INTO MY CLASS.

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I'M ALWAYS THRILLED

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TO SEE ANY CHILD COME IN
WHO IS FROM INDIA

233
00:11:55,081 --> 00:11:58,084
BECAUSE I KNOW THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A GREAT WORK ETHIC,

234
00:11:58,084 --> 00:11:59,585
AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE
GOOD STUDENTS. AND IT'S...

235
00:11:59,585 --> 00:12:02,087
I'VE NEVER BEEN WRONG,
NOT ONE SINGLE TIME.

236
00:12:08,694 --> 00:12:10,195
Male voice:
[ On computer ] HYMENOPTERA:

237
00:12:10,196 --> 00:12:13,098
AN EXTENSIVE
ORDER OF HIGHLY SPECIALIZED INSECTS...

238
00:12:15,101 --> 00:12:16,202
NUPUR, CAN YOU
SPELL "LAICIZE"?

239
00:12:16,202 --> 00:12:19,405
L-A-I-C-I-Z-E.

240
00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:21,607
B-U-S-H-I-D-O.

241
00:12:21,607 --> 00:12:24,109
AND SHE ALWAYS LIKED BIG
WORDS FOR SOME REASON.

242
00:12:24,110 --> 00:12:25,111
RIGHT? YEAH.

243
00:12:25,111 --> 00:12:27,012
THE BIGGER THE WORD,
THE BETTER SHE LIKED IT.

244
00:12:27,012 --> 00:12:28,513
Meena:
SHE WOULD SAY THINGS LIKE,

245
00:12:28,514 --> 00:12:30,716
"I DON'T HAVE
ANY OPPORTUNITIES"

246
00:12:30,716 --> 00:12:32,718
WHEN SHE HAD
NO IDEA WHAT OPPORTUNITY MEANT.

247
00:12:32,718 --> 00:12:33,919
YEAH.
BUT SHE LIKED THE SOUNDS.

248
00:12:33,919 --> 00:12:34,920
SO THERE SHE BE

249
00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:37,322
AT TWO AND A HALF AND
SHE HAD NO OPPORTUNITY.

250
00:12:37,323 --> 00:12:38,824
"MUNCHAUSEN."

251
00:12:38,824 --> 00:12:40,325
OH, MUNCHAUSEN SYNDROME.

252
00:12:41,827 --> 00:12:45,330
M-U-N-C-H-A-U-S-E-N.

253
00:12:45,331 --> 00:12:46,332
HM-HMM.

254
00:12:49,335 --> 00:12:53,539
SHE HAD A LOT OF TROUBLE
BEATING THE TRIO THERE,

255
00:12:53,539 --> 00:12:55,841
SID, ALEX AND JU JING.

256
00:12:55,841 --> 00:12:57,342
Nupur:
IT WAS THE EIGHTH GRADE BEE,

257
00:12:57,343 --> 00:12:59,345
AND THEY WERE GOING TO
SEND THE EIGHTH GRADE REPRESENTATIVE

258
00:12:59,345 --> 00:13:01,146
TO THE "TAMPA TRIBUNE"
TO COMPETE.

259
00:13:01,147 --> 00:13:02,648
ALL WE DID WAS
TRY TO WIN.

260
00:13:02,648 --> 00:13:04,549
OH YEAH. I WANTED
TO BEAT HER.

261
00:13:04,550 --> 00:13:06,552
THEY WOULD BE LIKE,
"OH, NUPUR, WE'RE GONNA GO OUT THERE

262
00:13:06,552 --> 00:13:10,055
AND WE'RE GONNA BEAT
YOU. WE'RE GONNA TRY SO, SO, SO HARD."

263
00:13:10,055 --> 00:13:12,557
SHE HAD THIS
LITTLE TACTIC. SHE WOULD...

264
00:13:12,558 --> 00:13:14,560
SHE ACTED
LIKE SHE WAS NOT NERVOUS.

265
00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:16,562
AND THEN I REMEMBER,
ONE OF THE BOYS,

266
00:13:16,562 --> 00:13:19,364
ESPECIALLY THE ONE WHO
HAD SEEMED VERY CONFIDENT,

267
00:13:19,365 --> 00:13:22,568
HE GOT THE WORD
MONGREL, AND SUDDENLY HE BLANKED OUT.

268
00:13:22,568 --> 00:13:25,070
I SPELLED IT
M-O-N-G-R-O-L.

269
00:13:25,070 --> 00:13:26,571
I DON'T KNOW...

270
00:13:26,572 --> 00:13:28,073
I GUESS I WAS JUST
PRETTY NERVOUS.

271
00:13:28,073 --> 00:13:29,174
AND THEN IT WAS
THE THREE OF US,

272
00:13:29,175 --> 00:13:30,976
TWO OF THOSE BOYS AND ME.

273
00:13:30,976 --> 00:13:33,678
WE WENT ON FOR, I THINK,
11 OR 12 ROUNDS.

274
00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:35,681
WELL, I GOT OUT
ON "STETHOSCOPE".

275
00:13:36,582 --> 00:13:38,083
HE WAS A FAST SPELLER.

276
00:13:38,083 --> 00:13:39,584
HE DIDN'T LIKE
DEFINITIONS.

277
00:13:39,585 --> 00:13:43,589
SO HE STARTED
GOING, "S-T-H-T-..."

278
00:13:43,589 --> 00:13:45,591
AND THEN ALL OF
A SUDDEN HE GOES...

279
00:13:45,591 --> 00:13:47,292
AND THEN HE COVERS
HIS FACE WITH HIS HANDS

280
00:13:47,293 --> 00:13:49,395
AND HE'S LIKE, "NO."

281
00:13:49,395 --> 00:13:51,897
MY WORD WAS
"IRIDESCENT."

282
00:13:51,897 --> 00:13:53,899
I, LIKE...

283
00:13:53,899 --> 00:13:54,900
I THOUGHT IT
HAD TWO Rs.

284
00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:56,401
WE ALL THOUGHT
IT HAD TWO Rs. YEAH. EVERY...

285
00:13:56,402 --> 00:13:58,203
A LOT OF
PEOPLE THOUGHT IT HAD TWO Rs.

286
00:13:58,204 --> 00:13:59,705
AND THEN THEY
STARTED LOOKING IT UP IN THE DICTIONARY,

287
00:13:59,705 --> 00:14:01,707
SO WE WAITED UP THERE
FOR FIVE MINUTES.

288
00:14:01,707 --> 00:14:04,710
AND I REMEMBER HIM
WRINGING HIS HANDS THE WHOLE TIME,

289
00:14:04,710 --> 00:14:07,212
WONDERING, "OH MY GOSH.
AM I RIGHT? AM I RIGHT?"

290
00:14:07,213 --> 00:14:09,715
HE WANTED TO WIN. HE
WANTED TO WIN VERY BADLY.

291
00:14:09,715 --> 00:14:10,716
HE WAS WRONG.

292
00:14:11,917 --> 00:14:14,119
SO THAT'S OUR
STORY. SHE BEAT US.

293
00:14:14,119 --> 00:14:18,123
AND THAT WAS THE MOST
NERVE-WRACKING EXPERIENCE OF THIS ENTIRE...

294
00:14:18,123 --> 00:14:19,624
OF ALL THESE
PRELIMINARY BEES.

295
00:14:22,428 --> 00:14:24,630
Ms. Whitehurst:
SHE WAS VERY HAPPY,

296
00:14:24,630 --> 00:14:26,732
AND HER MOTHER
WAS VERY HAPPY.

297
00:14:26,732 --> 00:14:29,234
I WAS BOO-HOOING, SOBBING,

298
00:14:29,235 --> 00:14:30,736
YOU KNOW, SO HARD

299
00:14:30,736 --> 00:14:32,237
THAT THEY CAME OVER
TO ME AND SAID,

300
00:14:32,238 --> 00:14:33,739
"YOU MUST BE HER MOTHER."

301
00:14:36,642 --> 00:14:39,144
Meena:
THEY ARE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

302
00:14:39,144 --> 00:14:42,547
PEOPLE ACCEPT THEM
FOR WHO THEY ARE

303
00:14:42,548 --> 00:14:45,050
AND CAN
LOOK BEYOND DIFFERENCES,

304
00:14:45,050 --> 00:14:47,452
YOU KNOW, TO
FIND THINGS THAT ARE COMMON.

305
00:14:47,453 --> 00:14:48,454
[ Shouts of excitement ]

306
00:14:50,956 --> 00:14:52,557
Man:
WE'RE VERY COMMUNITY INVOLVED.

307
00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:54,560
WE SAW ONE OF THE PEOPLE
FROM OUR COMMUNITY

308
00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:56,962
BEING RECOGNIZED AS A
SPELLING BEE CHAMPION,

309
00:14:56,962 --> 00:14:59,965
AND... SO WE RIGHT
AWAY PUT IT UP AND CONGRATULATED HER.

310
00:15:03,869 --> 00:15:05,070
LAST YEAR, I WOULD SAY

311
00:15:05,070 --> 00:15:09,074
THE ONLY BAD EXPERIENCE
I HAD THE ENTIRE BEE WAS GETTING OUT.

312
00:15:09,074 --> 00:15:11,976
THIS YEAR I CAME BACK WITH
A LOT MORE DETERMINATION.

313
00:15:11,977 --> 00:15:13,979
AND I SAID, "YOU KNOW,
YOU COULD ALWAYS COME BACK NEXT YEAR."

314
00:15:13,979 --> 00:15:17,482
AND SHE SAID, "OH,
I AM. I'M COMING BACK NEXT YEAR."

315
00:15:17,483 --> 00:15:19,885
SHE SAID, "I KNOW WHAT
TO DO. I'M GONNA WORK."

316
00:15:19,885 --> 00:15:21,887
YOU DON'T GET ANY
SECOND CHANCES IN INDIA

317
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THE WAY YOU DO IN AMERICA.

318
00:15:23,289 --> 00:15:24,790
[ Violin ♪ ]

319
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[ ♪ ]

320
00:15:54,620 --> 00:15:55,621
Pronouncer:
"MAYONNAISE."

321
00:15:55,621 --> 00:15:57,122
Boy:
MAYONNAISE:

322
00:15:57,122 --> 00:15:58,123
A-... UH...

323
00:15:59,124 --> 00:16:00,625
I MESSED UP ALREADY.

324
00:16:02,127 --> 00:16:04,129
FINE.

325
00:16:04,129 --> 00:16:07,132
M-A-Y-O-N-N-A-I-S-E.

326
00:16:07,132 --> 00:16:08,133
MAYONNAISE.

327
00:16:08,133 --> 00:16:09,134
Woman:
THAT IS CORRECT.

328
00:16:09,134 --> 00:16:10,335
Pronouncer:
WE HAVE OUR WINNER.

329
00:16:10,336 --> 00:16:11,837
WE HAVE OUR WINNER.
[ Applause ]

330
00:16:13,839 --> 00:16:15,540
Pronouncer:
CONGRATULATIONS.

331
00:16:15,541 --> 00:16:18,043
Interviewer:
HAVE YOU WATCHED THE NATIONAL BEE ON TV BEFORE?

332
00:16:18,043 --> 00:16:21,046
NO. I NEVER EVEN HEARD
OF IT BEFORE THIS YEAR.

333
00:16:21,046 --> 00:16:23,548
THE TEACHER JUST ASKED ME
IF I WANTED TO BE IN IT,

334
00:16:23,549 --> 00:16:25,050
AND THE SCHOOL
PROVIDED THE $50.

335
00:16:26,852 --> 00:16:28,854
Interviewer:
WOW.

336
00:16:28,854 --> 00:16:30,856
THAT'S GOING TO
GO RIGHT IN THE CENTRE OF THE MANTLE.

337
00:16:30,856 --> 00:16:46,271
[ ♪ ]

338
00:16:46,271 --> 00:16:49,073
Woman:
I DON'T THINK TED HAS ANY REALLY CLOSE FRIENDS.

339
00:16:49,074 --> 00:16:50,575
AND SOMETIMES
THIS SCHOOL CAN BE...

340
00:16:52,578 --> 00:16:56,081
A LITTLE LESS
THAN KIND TO NEW PEOPLE,

341
00:16:56,081 --> 00:16:58,083
AND NEW PEOPLE WHO
ARE ESPECIALLY A LITTLE DIFFERENT,

342
00:16:58,083 --> 00:17:00,085
AND TED IS, BECAUSE
HE'S THAT INTELLIGENT.

343
00:17:02,087 --> 00:17:03,888
BUT HE KNOWS HOW
TO HANDLE THAT.

344
00:17:03,889 --> 00:17:05,891
HIS SIZE HELPS HIM.

345
00:17:05,891 --> 00:17:07,692
Man:
YOU'RE THE MAN. [ Yells of play ]

346
00:17:09,695 --> 00:17:10,696
GO, GO, GO!

347
00:17:12,998 --> 00:17:15,500
Ted:
THERE ARE A COUPLE SMART KIDS IN MY GRADE,

348
00:17:15,501 --> 00:17:17,002
BUT... NOT MANY.

349
00:17:20,606 --> 00:17:23,108
OUR CLASS ONLY HAS,
LIKE, 40 KIDS IN IT.

350
00:17:24,309 --> 00:17:26,311
THEY JUST LIKE
USING SIMPLE WORDS,

351
00:17:26,311 --> 00:17:28,313
WORDS THAT
YOU'LL UNDERSTAND.

352
00:17:28,313 --> 00:17:31,316
A LOT OF THE TIME,
THEY JUST TALK ABOUT THE SAME THINGS.

353
00:17:31,316 --> 00:17:34,319
A KID IN MY CLASS, ALL
HE TALKS ABOUT IS TRUCKS.

354
00:17:34,319 --> 00:17:37,822
SO ANYTHING YOU SAY TO
HIM THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO DO WITH AN ENGINE

355
00:17:37,823 --> 00:17:41,827
OR HOW THE TRUCK
RUNS, BESIDES REAL BASIC ENGLISH,

356
00:17:41,827 --> 00:17:43,328
HE WON'T UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

357
00:17:47,232 --> 00:17:49,133
HERE'S THE
PEACOCKS.

358
00:17:49,134 --> 00:17:51,636
Ted:
ONE OF THEM IS THE FIVE- YEAR-OLD MALE.

359
00:17:51,637 --> 00:17:53,639
IT'S THE ONE
WITH ALL THE FEATHERS.

360
00:17:53,639 --> 00:17:55,140
WE HAVE A
FIVE-YEAR-OLD FEMALE

361
00:17:55,140 --> 00:17:58,042
AND, LIKE, A
NINE-YEAR-OLD FEMALE.

362
00:17:58,043 --> 00:18:00,045
IF YOU PICK
THEM UP BY THEIR FEET

363
00:18:00,045 --> 00:18:02,547
AND THEY HANG
LIKE A "J",

364
00:18:02,548 --> 00:18:03,549
THEY GET
REAL DOCILE.

365
00:18:13,959 --> 00:18:16,461
Dan:
THEY'LL REMAIN...

366
00:18:16,462 --> 00:18:19,465
LIKE THIS FOR A
LONG TIME UNTIL THEY GET A HEAD RUSH.

367
00:18:19,465 --> 00:18:20,966
I'VE ALWAYS LIKED
IT OUT HERE.

368
00:18:20,966 --> 00:18:22,467
IT'S CALM AND
IT'S PEACEFUL.

369
00:18:22,468 --> 00:18:24,470
WE DON'T END UP HAVING
A LOT OF TRAFFIC. WE...

370
00:18:25,971 --> 00:18:27,973
CAN DO PRETTY MUCH
WHATEVER WE WANT

371
00:18:27,973 --> 00:18:28,974
AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT...

372
00:18:30,476 --> 00:18:32,478
CAUSING PROBLEMS
FOR ANYBODY ELSE.

373
00:18:32,478 --> 00:18:35,481
OLDER BOY NEEDS
DIRECTION, AND...

374
00:18:35,481 --> 00:18:36,982
I THINK THE MARINES
WOULD BE GOOD FOR HIM.

375
00:18:36,982 --> 00:18:38,984
AND... HIS INTERESTS

376
00:18:38,984 --> 00:18:40,986
JUST ARE NOT THINGS THAT...

377
00:18:40,986 --> 00:18:41,987
THEY'RE NOT LIKE...

378
00:18:41,987 --> 00:18:43,488
I'D PUSH HIM TO DO IT,

379
00:18:43,489 --> 00:18:45,991
BUT IT'S THE THINGS
HE'S INTERESTED IN, GUNS AND EXPLOSIVES

380
00:18:45,991 --> 00:18:47,492
AND WEAPONS
AND ALL THAT... I TOLD HIM YOU GOTTA BE

381
00:18:47,493 --> 00:18:48,994
ON THE RIGHT
SIDE OF THE LAW WITH HIS INTERESTS,

382
00:18:48,994 --> 00:18:49,995
OR HE'LL
BE IN JAIL.

383
00:18:57,302 --> 00:19:00,305
Dan:
I THINK IT'S PRETTY COOL.

384
00:19:00,305 --> 00:19:02,707
SEE, I KNOW HE
IS REALLY SMART.

385
00:19:03,709 --> 00:19:04,710
WHAT'S HIS IQ?

386
00:19:04,710 --> 00:19:09,414
I THINK HIS IQ IS ONE
SHORT OF BEING A GENIUS.

387
00:19:09,414 --> 00:19:11,916
I'M REALLY NOT THAT
GOOD IN SPELLING.

388
00:19:11,917 --> 00:19:13,718
I'M REALLY GOOD IN MATH.

389
00:19:13,719 --> 00:19:16,722
I TEACH LEARNING
DISABILITIES NOW AND...

390
00:19:16,722 --> 00:19:18,724
I'M CERTIFIED TO TEACH
REGULAR EDUCATION

391
00:19:18,724 --> 00:19:20,726
AND LEARNING
DISABILITIES BOTH.

392
00:19:20,726 --> 00:19:22,728
AND I THINK I JUST
HAD A LOT OF EMPATHY

393
00:19:22,728 --> 00:19:25,731
FOR THE KIDS THAT
WERE STRUGGLING AND HAVING A HARD TIME.

394
00:19:25,731 --> 00:19:35,841
[ ♪ ]

395
00:19:35,841 --> 00:19:37,342
Dan:
"CHAPM." "CHAPM."

396
00:19:38,343 --> 00:19:39,844
HEY, CHAPM,
HOW YOU DOING?

397
00:19:44,049 --> 00:19:47,052
Dorothy:
IT'S NICE 'CAUSE HE'S NOT REAL...

398
00:19:47,052 --> 00:19:49,054
CONCEITED
ABOUT IT.

399
00:19:49,054 --> 00:19:51,056
AND IF HE EVER GOT
THAT WAY, WE'D...

400
00:19:52,558 --> 00:19:56,061
TRY AND BRING
HIM DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

401
00:19:57,863 --> 00:20:00,365
Interviewer:
ARE YOU NERVOUS ABOUT THE NATIONAL BEE?

402
00:20:00,365 --> 00:20:02,266
Ted:
YEAH.

403
00:20:02,267 --> 00:20:03,768
YEAH, I'VE NEVER BEEN
TO WASHINGTON BEFORE.

404
00:20:03,769 --> 00:20:05,771
PRETTY MUCH STAYED
IN THE MIDWEST.

405
00:20:05,771 --> 00:20:07,773
HAVEN'T BEEN TO
THE EAST COAST OR THE WEST COAST.

406
00:20:09,274 --> 00:20:11,776
I THINK THIS IS GOING
TO OPEN SOME DOORS FOR HIM TO REALIZE,

407
00:20:11,777 --> 00:20:14,780
"HEY, THERE'S A LOT
OF PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE LIKE ME.

408
00:20:16,281 --> 00:20:18,283
I WILL BE ABLE
TO FIT IN."

409
00:20:18,283 --> 00:20:19,584
YOU KNOW, THERE MAY
NOT BE A LOT OF THEM,

410
00:20:19,585 --> 00:20:21,086
AND THEY'RE NOT
GOING TO BE.

411
00:20:21,086 --> 00:20:28,493
[ ♪ ]

412
00:20:28,493 --> 00:20:30,495
Ted:
IF THERE'S NO ONE THAT CAN REALLY UNDERSTAND YOU

413
00:20:30,495 --> 00:20:33,097
SO IT MAKES YOU FEEL LIKE
YOU'RE ABOVE THEM. BUT...

414
00:20:33,098 --> 00:20:36,101
IT'S KIND OF STRANGE.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO MAKE FRIENDS

415
00:20:36,101 --> 00:20:39,604
WHEN NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND
WHAT ALL YOU CAN DO.

416
00:20:39,605 --> 00:20:54,519
[ ♪ ]

417
00:20:54,519 --> 00:20:55,520
Girl:
B-U-R-G...

418
00:20:57,022 --> 00:20:59,324
B-U-R-G. BURG, BURG...

419
00:21:06,331 --> 00:21:08,333
PUSILLANIMOUS.

420
00:21:09,334 --> 00:21:10,835
Emily:
SPELLING IS KIND OF JUST LIKE...

421
00:21:10,836 --> 00:21:12,838
I DO IT BECAUSE...

422
00:21:12,838 --> 00:21:15,340
I DON'T KNOW, MY
COMPETITIVE SIDE KIND OF COMES OUT.

423
00:21:16,341 --> 00:21:18,343
AND I DON'T
LOVE SPELLING.

424
00:21:18,343 --> 00:21:20,845
I DO IT 'CAUSE
I WANT TO COMPETE.

425
00:21:20,846 --> 00:21:23,849
I WANT TO SAY,
"HEY, LOOK AT ME. I'M GOOD AT THIS.

426
00:21:23,849 --> 00:21:26,351
'CAUSE I RIDE WITH PEOPLE
WHO ARE BETTER THAN ME

427
00:21:26,351 --> 00:21:28,152
AND I SING WITH PEOPLE
WHO ARE BETTER THAN ME."

428
00:21:28,153 --> 00:21:30,655
Group: [ Singing]
♪ I AM SITTING HERE ♪

429
00:21:30,656 --> 00:21:33,659
♪ WRITING MEMORIES
TO TEACH ME ♪

430
00:21:33,659 --> 00:21:36,161
♪ TO SEE THE BEAUTY
IN THE WORLD ♪

431
00:21:36,161 --> 00:21:38,563
♪ THROUGH MY OWN EYES ♪

432
00:21:38,563 --> 00:21:43,568
♪ I AM SITTING HERE,
WRITING MEMORIES TO TEACH ME ♪

433
00:21:43,568 --> 00:21:46,070
♪ TO SEE THE BEAUTY
IN THE WORLD ♪

434
00:21:46,071 --> 00:21:48,673
♪ THROUGH MY OWN EYES ♪

435
00:21:48,674 --> 00:21:50,676
♪ I KNOW THAT PLEASE
AND THANK YOU ♪

436
00:21:50,676 --> 00:21:52,678
♪ AND A SMILE WILL
TAKE YOU FAR... ♪

437
00:21:52,678 --> 00:21:55,080
Emily:
I AM WARY OF SOUNDING TOO SMART.

438
00:21:55,080 --> 00:21:58,083
I JUST TALK, I THINK, LIKE
A NORMAL TEENAGER WOULD,

439
00:21:58,083 --> 00:22:01,086
MAYBE WITH SOME BIG
WORDS, BUT NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

440
00:22:02,688 --> 00:22:07,693
...DIVIDED BY 3X OVER
9 TIMES X MINUS 2.

441
00:22:07,693 --> 00:22:08,694
OKAY NOW, EMILY,
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO

442
00:22:08,694 --> 00:22:10,195
WITH A SQUARED
MINUS B SQUARED?

443
00:22:10,195 --> 00:22:11,696
THERE'S A DIFFERENCE
OF SQUARES,

444
00:22:11,697 --> 00:22:13,699
THAT'S IT.
SO IT'S A MINUS B, A PLUS B.

445
00:22:13,699 --> 00:22:15,701
OKAY.

446
00:22:15,701 --> 00:22:18,203
Emily:
MOST OF THE WORDS THAT I LEARN, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY MEAN.

447
00:22:18,203 --> 00:22:19,704
I JUST REMEMBER
HOW TO SPELL THEM.

448
00:22:19,705 --> 00:22:23,208
AND A LOT OF THE ONES
THAT I USE, LIKE A MOROCCAN DESERT WIND...

449
00:22:23,208 --> 00:22:25,310
AND WHEN AM I
GOING TO A CHANCE

450
00:22:25,310 --> 00:22:26,811
TO USE THAT
IN A SENTENCE?

451
00:22:26,812 --> 00:22:29,014
EASY TO SPELL
"COOL" AND "D-UH."

452
00:22:29,014 --> 00:22:31,016
HOW DO YOU
SPELL "D-UH?"

453
00:22:31,016 --> 00:22:33,018
D-U-H.
OH, OKAY.

454
00:22:33,018 --> 00:22:34,519
WELL I HATE ALL THE
WORDS I'VE GOTTEN OUT ON.

455
00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:36,521
I HATE ORACLE, OSSICULAR
AND DESPOTISM,

456
00:22:36,521 --> 00:22:38,523
ARE THE THREE WORDS
I'VE GOTTEN OUT ON IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.

457
00:22:38,523 --> 00:22:42,426
AND I'M PROBABLY GOING
TO HATE ONE MORE WORD AFTER WASHINGTON'S OVER.

458
00:22:42,427 --> 00:22:43,928
CARGADOR?

459
00:22:47,432 --> 00:22:49,033
WHAT'S THE LANGUAGE
OF ORIGIN?

460
00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:50,035
SPANISH.

461
00:22:52,037 --> 00:22:54,039
Woman:
AND ONCE A LETTER IS SAID, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT BACK.

462
00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:58,543
C-A-R-G-A-D-O-R.

463
00:22:58,543 --> 00:23:01,045
CARGADOR.

464
00:23:01,046 --> 00:23:03,548
Pronouncer:
EMILY STAGG GETS THE WORD CORRECT.

465
00:23:06,952 --> 00:23:08,453
Emily:
WELL, THE FIRST YEAR WE WENT,

466
00:23:08,453 --> 00:23:09,954
WE BROUGHT THE
AU PAIR AS WELL.

467
00:23:09,955 --> 00:23:11,456
WE BROUGHT CLAUDIA
FROM GERMANY.

468
00:23:11,456 --> 00:23:12,957
AND LAST YEAR I
WAS JUST, LIKE...

469
00:23:12,958 --> 00:23:14,960
WHEN WE HAD TO
FILL OUT A FORM TO SAY WHO WE'RE GOING TO BRING,

470
00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:17,462
I WAS LIKE,
"MOM, YOU FORGOT THE AU PAIR. YOU FORGOT MARIE,"

471
00:23:17,462 --> 00:23:19,464
WHO WAS OUR
THEN AU PAIR. AND SHE'S LIKE,

472
00:23:19,464 --> 00:23:20,965
"WELL, I DON'T
THINK WE'RE GOING TO BRING THE AU PAIR THIS YEAR."

473
00:23:20,966 --> 00:23:23,168
AND I'M LIKE,
"WHY NOT?"

474
00:23:23,168 --> 00:23:24,669
YOU KNOW? BUT
THEN WE WENT,

475
00:23:24,669 --> 00:23:26,671
AND IT WAS LIKE
A FAMILY THING.

476
00:23:26,671 --> 00:23:30,675
IT WAS LIKE A REAL
TIME TO BE WITH MY MOM AND MY DAD

477
00:23:30,675 --> 00:23:32,677
AND... IT WAS NICE.

478
00:23:32,677 --> 00:23:35,079
Mother:
YOU'RE GOING ON TRIPS, YOU'RE GOING TO PICNICS.

479
00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:37,082
YOU'RE GOING
TO ICE CREAM SOCIALS.

480
00:23:37,082 --> 00:23:39,084
AND I WAS VERY
IMPRESSED. AND WHEN...

481
00:23:39,084 --> 00:23:41,586
ON THE FIRST...
BUS TRIP WE HAD

482
00:23:41,586 --> 00:23:43,588
BEFORE THE ACTUAL
SPELLING BEE,

483
00:23:43,588 --> 00:23:46,591
I SAT WITH A
MOTHER OF A GIRL

484
00:23:46,591 --> 00:23:48,492
WHO WAS NOW
BACK FOR HER SECOND YEAR.

485
00:23:48,493 --> 00:23:51,996
AND I VIVIDLY
REMEMBER SAYING HOW WONDERFUL THIS ALL SEEMED.

486
00:23:51,997 --> 00:23:55,300
AND SHE HAD SAID,
"WELL I THINK IT'S A DIFFERENT FORM OF CHILD ABUSE,"

487
00:23:55,300 --> 00:23:57,201
WHICH SORT OF
TOOK ME ABACK.

488
00:23:57,202 --> 00:23:59,704
AND THEN THE NEXT DAY
EMILY IS, YOU KNOW,

489
00:23:59,704 --> 00:24:01,405
OUT ON THE FIRST ROUND,
AND ALL THE EMOTIONS

490
00:24:01,406 --> 00:24:02,907
THAT CAME
WITH THAT,

491
00:24:02,908 --> 00:24:04,910
AND YOU SEE YOUR
CHILD WHO'S REALLY WORKED HARD

492
00:24:04,910 --> 00:24:07,913
SEEMINGLY, YOU
KNOW, KNOCKED DOWN PRETTY HARD,

493
00:24:07,913 --> 00:24:08,914
AND YOU START
TO THINK, "WELL MAYBE... "

494
00:24:08,914 --> 00:24:10,415
AND IT'S LIKE,
YEAH, IT IS.

495
00:24:10,415 --> 00:24:11,616
"MAYBE THIS
WOMAN IS RIGHT."

496
00:24:11,616 --> 00:24:13,918
"HEURISTIC."
GREEK.

497
00:24:13,919 --> 00:24:15,921
HEURISTIC?
HEURISTIC.

498
00:24:17,923 --> 00:24:19,424
DIDN'T WE DO
THIS LAST NIGHT?

499
00:24:20,425 --> 00:24:21,926
DON'T REMEMBER.

500
00:24:21,927 --> 00:24:23,428
Suzanne:
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR,

501
00:24:23,428 --> 00:24:26,431
WE TALKED ABOUT WHETHER
EMILY WANTED TO WORK TOWARDS THE GOAL

502
00:24:26,431 --> 00:24:29,133
OF RETURNING TO THE
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.

503
00:24:29,134 --> 00:24:31,636
I JUST ALMOST
FEEL LIKE I WOULD DISAPPOINT PEOPLE

504
00:24:31,636 --> 00:24:35,239
IF I DIDN'T DO
AS WELL AS I DID LAST YEAR.

505
00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,242
Suzanne:
MY DAUGHTER IS VERY CAPABLE AND TALENTED

506
00:24:37,242 --> 00:24:39,244
AND I KNOW SHE
COULD DO WELL.

507
00:24:39,244 --> 00:24:41,746
SO THERE'S A PART OF
ME THAT WANTS TO SEE HER STRIVE FOR THAT.

508
00:24:41,746 --> 00:24:44,749
ON THE OTHER HAND, I KNEW
IT WOULD BE A STRESS

509
00:24:44,749 --> 00:24:46,751
AND I REALLY FELT THAT
IT WAS HER DECISION.

510
00:24:48,653 --> 00:24:51,656
I HEARD THE
WINNING WORD WAS SOMETHING THAT I HAD STUDIED,

511
00:24:51,656 --> 00:24:55,159
I WOULD JUST BE
LIKE, "OH, THAT WAS DUMB," YOU KNOW.

512
00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:57,662
DOESN'T MEAN YOU
WOULD'VE GOTTEN THAT WINNING WORD THOUGH.

513
00:24:57,662 --> 00:25:10,975
[ ♪ ]

514
00:25:10,976 --> 00:25:12,477
[ Mumbling ]

515
00:25:13,478 --> 00:25:15,480
Emily:
OBVIOUSLY I'D LIKE TO WIN.

516
00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:18,483
EVERYBODY WOULD LIKE
TO WIN. I DON'T THINK THAT'S REALISTIC.

517
00:25:18,483 --> 00:25:19,484
PEOPLE HAVE TOLD
ME I'M UP THERE

518
00:25:19,484 --> 00:25:21,486
BECAUSE I'M ONE OF THE
FEW RETURNING SPELLERS,

519
00:25:21,486 --> 00:25:23,488
YOU KNOW, THAT
PLACED HIGH.

520
00:25:24,990 --> 00:25:26,992
I'M NOT HOLDING MY BREATH
FOR ANYTHING GREAT.

521
00:25:29,194 --> 00:25:30,695
[ Ringing of bell ]

522
00:25:40,005 --> 00:25:43,508
[ ♪ ]

523
00:25:43,508 --> 00:25:45,009
MY LIFE IS LIKE A MOVIE.

524
00:25:45,010 --> 00:25:47,012
Interviewer:
HOW'S THAT?

525
00:25:47,012 --> 00:25:49,014
BECAUSE I GO THROUGH
DIFFERENT TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS,

526
00:25:49,014 --> 00:25:51,016
AND THEN I FINALLY
OVERCOME THEM,

527
00:25:51,016 --> 00:25:52,017
YOU KNOW?
[ Giggling ]

528
00:25:53,218 --> 00:25:55,220
IT'S HARD.
IT'S HARD.

529
00:25:57,222 --> 00:25:59,724
WITH THE JOBS AND
EVERYTHING, AND...

530
00:25:59,724 --> 00:26:02,226
ECONOMY BEING LIKE
IT IS, IT'S HARD.

531
00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:04,229
AND THE HEALTHCARE
SITUATION...

532
00:26:05,730 --> 00:26:06,731
IT'S HARD.

533
00:26:06,731 --> 00:26:09,233
I DON'T REALLY
GO OUTSIDE MUCH

534
00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:11,736
BECAUSE IT'S BORING TO ME

535
00:26:11,736 --> 00:26:13,738
BECAUSE I DON'T
HAVE ANY...

536
00:26:13,738 --> 00:26:15,239
PEERS AROUND HERE,

537
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,242
AND IF I DO,
WELL, I DON'T...

538
00:26:17,242 --> 00:26:19,143
I RARELY SEE THEM.

539
00:26:19,144 --> 00:26:21,646
OUR PLAYGROUND'S
OVER THERE.

540
00:26:21,646 --> 00:26:23,948
IT'S CALLED KIDS' VIEW.

541
00:26:23,949 --> 00:26:25,951
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S
VERY FUN FOR THE BOYS

542
00:26:25,951 --> 00:26:27,452
BECAUSE THEY
PLAY BASKETBALL.

543
00:26:27,452 --> 00:26:29,954
IT'S LIKE,
WHEREVER YOU GO,

544
00:26:29,955 --> 00:26:32,958
IF THERE'S A
BASKETBALL COURT,

545
00:26:32,958 --> 00:26:34,759
THE BOYS ARE
ALWAYS ON THERE.

546
00:26:34,759 --> 00:26:35,760
GIRLS JUST...

547
00:26:38,263 --> 00:26:39,764
STAND AROUND
TALKING AND THINGS.

548
00:26:44,069 --> 00:26:46,071
Woman:
PERMEABILITY:

549
00:26:46,071 --> 00:26:48,073
USE, ESPECIALLY
OF A SUBSTANCE,

550
00:26:48,073 --> 00:26:50,075
THAT ALLOWS
THE PASSAGE OF FLUIDS.

551
00:26:52,077 --> 00:26:53,078
PERMEABILITY.

552
00:26:59,084 --> 00:27:01,086
PER-ME-A-BILITY.

553
00:27:01,086 --> 00:27:02,587
I LOOK AT ASHLEY...

554
00:27:02,587 --> 00:27:04,088
THIS IS FUNNY...

555
00:27:04,089 --> 00:27:05,690
LIKE A LITTLE ANGEL.

556
00:27:05,690 --> 00:27:08,693
IT'S ALMOST LIKE YOU
KNOW THIS PERFECT CHILD.

557
00:27:08,693 --> 00:27:11,796
IT'S LIKE, OF THE FULL
PACKAGE ALL AROUND.

558
00:27:11,796 --> 00:27:12,797
THINK ABOUT IT.

559
00:27:13,498 --> 00:27:15,500
IS THIS SUPPOSED
TO BE "OASIS?"

560
00:27:17,502 --> 00:27:18,503
MM-HMM.

561
00:27:25,010 --> 00:27:27,012
Ms. Williams:
I REMEMBER WHEN SHE WON CITYWIDE

562
00:27:27,012 --> 00:27:30,215
AND I SAID, "WHAT'S NEXT?

563
00:27:30,215 --> 00:27:31,716
WHAT DOES SHE STUDY FROM?"

564
00:27:31,716 --> 00:27:33,217
THEY SAID,
"THE DICTIONARY."

565
00:27:33,218 --> 00:27:35,720
[ Chuckling ]
ALL RIGHT, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT.

566
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:37,722
HERE. YOU
OPEN IT UP.

567
00:27:39,224 --> 00:27:41,726
AND WHEREVER
YOU GO, THAT'S WHERE WE GOING TO START.

568
00:27:43,728 --> 00:27:46,230
Ms. Williams:
WHERE DO YOU START WITH THE DICTIONARY?

569
00:27:46,231 --> 00:27:48,032
"A", IN THE MIDDLE?

570
00:27:48,033 --> 00:27:49,034
YOU KNOW, I MEAN,
WHERE DO YOU START?

571
00:27:51,736 --> 00:27:54,739
I HOPE THERE'LL BE
A BIG TURNOUT ON...

572
00:27:54,739 --> 00:27:56,741
ON... WHAT DAY IS THAT?

573
00:27:56,741 --> 00:27:58,242
DURING THE SPELLING BEE.

574
00:27:58,243 --> 00:28:00,245
I DONE CALLED EVERYBODY.

575
00:28:00,245 --> 00:28:02,447
I JUST HOPE THEY HAVE
ENOUGH SEATS FOR 'EM.

576
00:28:02,447 --> 00:28:03,948
TWO OF HER
UNCLES ARE INCARCERATED, BUT...

577
00:28:06,551 --> 00:28:07,552
THEY'LL WATCH IT ON TV.

578
00:28:07,552 --> 00:28:09,053
THEY'LL BE THERE
WITH HER, REGARDLESS.

579
00:28:10,055 --> 00:28:11,856
MM-HM.

580
00:28:11,856 --> 00:28:13,858
WHAT I WOULD LIKE
FOR HER TO DO

581
00:28:13,858 --> 00:28:16,360
IS WHEN SHE... I'LL
BE EXTREMELY HAPPY

582
00:28:16,361 --> 00:28:19,864
WHEN SHE CROSSES THAT
STAGE AT 12th GRADE WITH HONOURS.

583
00:28:25,270 --> 00:28:28,273
Ashley:
I'LL HAVE A JOB THAT PAYS WELL,

584
00:28:28,273 --> 00:28:30,675
AND I WILL LOVE
MY PROFESSION.

585
00:28:30,675 --> 00:28:33,177
AND I'LL HAVE
A HOUSE AND...

586
00:28:33,178 --> 00:28:36,181
AND WHENEVER MY MOTHER OR
A FAMILY MEMBER NEEDS ME,

587
00:28:36,181 --> 00:28:37,482
I'LL BE THERE FOR THEM.

588
00:28:37,482 --> 00:28:40,985
Angela:
I MEAN, THEY FOCUS ON CHILDREN DOING CRIME

589
00:28:40,985 --> 00:28:42,987
AND ALWAYS TALK
ABOUT NEGATIVE,

590
00:28:42,987 --> 00:28:44,488
AND THEN THEY
HAVE SOMEBODY THAT'S FROM THE DISTRICT,

591
00:28:44,489 --> 00:28:46,491
THAT'S REPRESENTING
THE DISTRICT, AND THEY'RE NOT GIVING...

592
00:28:46,491 --> 00:28:49,494
I DON'T THINK
THEY'RE GIVING ASHLEY HER PROPER...

593
00:28:49,494 --> 00:28:52,497
YOU KNOW... HER PROPS.
PUT IT THAT WAY.

594
00:28:53,898 --> 00:28:56,901
Ashley:
THEY TOLD ME I WOULD RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE

595
00:28:56,901 --> 00:28:59,503
AND A BAG FULL OF GOODIES

596
00:28:59,504 --> 00:29:02,707
BY THE SUPERINTENDENT
OF D.C. PUBLIC SCHOOLS

597
00:29:02,707 --> 00:29:05,810
FOR WINNING THE
CITYWIDE SPELLING BEE.

598
00:29:06,811 --> 00:29:09,313
THERE WAS A BOMB
THREAT IN THE BUILDING.

599
00:29:09,314 --> 00:29:10,815
WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN... THERE WAS A BOMB THREAT?

600
00:29:10,815 --> 00:29:12,817
BECAUSE SOMEBODY
CALLED AND TOLD THEM

601
00:29:12,817 --> 00:29:14,318
THAT THEY WERE
GOING TO BOMB THE BUILDING.

602
00:29:14,319 --> 00:29:16,821
Angela: [ Reading ]
"HINES STUDENT IS TOP SPELLER, ASHLEY WHITE."

603
00:29:16,821 --> 00:29:18,823
THEY MADE AN ERROR.

604
00:29:18,823 --> 00:29:21,125
11 YEARS OLD. SHE'S 13.

605
00:29:21,126 --> 00:29:23,628
YOU SEE HOW
THIS STUFF IS GOING ON NOW,

606
00:29:23,628 --> 00:29:26,130
AS FAR AS
PUBLICITY-WISE?

607
00:29:26,131 --> 00:29:28,133
THEY'RE NOT
PUBLICIZING MY...

608
00:29:28,133 --> 00:29:31,636
OR RECOGNIZING
MY DAUGHTER.

609
00:29:31,636 --> 00:29:33,638
THEY'RE NOT
RECOGNIZING MY DAUGHTER.

610
00:29:33,638 --> 00:29:35,640
BUT IT'S FINE.
IT'S OKAY.

611
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,742
'CAUSE SHE GONNA
BE ALL RIGHT.

612
00:29:37,742 --> 00:29:39,243
ASHLEY, TELL THE TRUTH.

613
00:29:39,244 --> 00:29:41,246
WHEN DID YOU GET
YOUR SPELLING...

614
00:29:41,246 --> 00:29:42,247
YOUR SPELLING MATERIAL?

615
00:29:42,247 --> 00:29:44,649
YOUR REAL
SPELLING MATERIAL?

616
00:29:44,649 --> 00:29:46,150
MARCH SOMETHING...

617
00:29:48,653 --> 00:29:49,654
MARCH WHAT?

618
00:29:49,654 --> 00:29:52,657
YOUR CONTEST
WAS MARCH 24th.

619
00:29:52,657 --> 00:29:55,159
IT WAS LIKE, EARLY IN
THE BEGINNING OF MARCH.

620
00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:58,663
AND IF SHE WINS THIS,
PROVE ME WRONG,

621
00:29:58,663 --> 00:30:03,167
BUT I KNOW SHE WON
THE RACE EVEN IF SHE LOST AT THE NATIONALS.

622
00:30:03,168 --> 00:30:07,172
BUT I'M NOT THINKING...
PESSIMISTICALLY.

623
00:30:07,172 --> 00:30:10,175
I'M THINKING
OPTIMISTICALLY.

624
00:30:10,175 --> 00:30:11,876
MY BABY GONNA WIN.

625
00:30:11,876 --> 00:30:14,879
AND THE WORD COMING UP
FOR YOU IS "PLAGUE."

626
00:30:14,879 --> 00:30:16,981
PLAGUE.

627
00:30:16,981 --> 00:30:18,482
WOULD YOU GIVE ME A
DEFINITION, PLEASE?

628
00:30:18,483 --> 00:30:19,984
A DESTRUCTIVELY
NUMEROUS INFLUX

629
00:30:19,984 --> 00:30:23,487
OR MULTIPLICATION
OF A NOXIOUS ANIMAL.

630
00:30:23,488 --> 00:30:25,490
PLAGUE...
PLAGUE.

631
00:30:25,490 --> 00:30:27,492
P-L-A-G-U-E.

632
00:30:27,492 --> 00:30:30,495
I THINK, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, WE FOUND OUR CHAMPION.

633
00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:33,498
Angela:
MAN, THAT WAS THE GLORIOUS DAY OF MY LIFE.

634
00:30:33,498 --> 00:30:38,102
LORD HAVE MERCY.
MY BABY SPELL THAT RIGHT.

635
00:30:38,102 --> 00:30:39,103
GO GIRL,
GO GIRL...

636
00:30:39,103 --> 00:30:40,604
SEE? LOOK
AT HER.

637
00:30:40,605 --> 00:30:42,506
SHE CAN'T
BELIEVE HERSELF.

638
00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:44,509
THAT WAS THE HAPPIEST
MOMENT OF MY LIFE.

639
00:30:45,610 --> 00:30:46,611
I FELT REALLY GOOD.

640
00:30:48,112 --> 00:30:49,613
I THINK I PRAYED.

641
00:30:49,614 --> 00:30:51,616
I PRAYED THAT NIGHT ALSO.

642
00:30:51,616 --> 00:30:53,117
I'VE BEEN PRAYING...

643
00:30:53,117 --> 00:30:54,918
I THINK I'M A
PRAYER WARRIOR.

644
00:30:54,919 --> 00:30:57,922
I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT
IT'S SOME REASON I JUST CAN'T STOP PRAYING.

645
00:30:59,424 --> 00:31:02,026
Angela:
SO WHATEVER HAPPENS, I'LL BE HAPPY FOR HER.

646
00:31:02,026 --> 00:31:04,528
AS LONG AS SHE
PLACE IN THE TOP 50.

647
00:31:04,529 --> 00:31:06,531
BUT I WANT HER TO
WIN IN FIRST PLACE.

648
00:31:06,531 --> 00:31:08,533
I WOULD LIKE FOR HER TO.

649
00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:11,836
AS I GO HIGHER, MY
GOALS GO HIGHER ALSO.

650
00:31:11,836 --> 00:31:14,839
AND SO, I JUST GOTTA
KEEP ON REACHING, KEEP ON REACHING.

651
00:31:14,839 --> 00:31:18,843
SO THIS YEAR, I ROSE
ABOVE ALL OF MY PROBLEMS

652
00:31:18,843 --> 00:31:20,845
AND I WENT STRAIGHT
THROUGH THE LOCAL,

653
00:31:20,845 --> 00:31:22,346
STRAIGHT THROUGH
THE REGIONAL.

654
00:31:22,347 --> 00:31:25,550
I WAS DETERMINED THAT
I WAS GOING TO WIN THE CITYWIDE SPELLING BEE.

655
00:31:25,550 --> 00:31:27,051
I TOLD THE PHOTOGRAPHER.

656
00:31:27,051 --> 00:31:29,553
HE WAS LIKE, "SO WHAT
ARE YOU GONNA DO WHEN YOU GET TO CITYWIDE?"

657
00:31:29,554 --> 00:31:30,555
I SAID, "I'M GONNA WIN."

658
00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:32,557
AND SURE I DID.

659
00:31:32,557 --> 00:31:35,159
I WON CITYWIDE
SPELLING BEE.

660
00:31:35,159 --> 00:31:36,660
NOW I'M GOING
TO THE NATIONALS.

661
00:31:43,368 --> 00:31:49,073
[ ♪ ]

662
00:31:49,073 --> 00:31:50,074
Man:
"HYBRID."

663
00:31:50,074 --> 00:31:51,075
Boy:
H-Y-B-R-I-D.

664
00:31:51,075 --> 00:31:53,077
"HYDROPHYTE."
H-Y-D-R-O-P-H-Y-T-E.

665
00:31:53,077 --> 00:31:55,079
"HYGIENE."
H-Y-G-I-E-N-E.

666
00:31:55,079 --> 00:31:57,581
"HYMENEAL."
H-Y-M-E-N-E-A-L.

667
00:31:57,582 --> 00:31:59,083
I-D-E-N-T-I-F-Y.

668
00:31:59,083 --> 00:32:00,584
"IDEOLOGY."
I-D-E-O-L-O-G-Y.

669
00:32:00,585 --> 00:32:03,588
"IDIOSYNCRASY."
I-D-I-O-S-Y-N-C-R-A-S-Y.

670
00:32:03,588 --> 00:32:05,389
EXCELLENT.

671
00:32:05,390 --> 00:32:07,392
YOU'VE DONE 4,000
WORDS AND YOU GOT ONE MISTAKE.

672
00:32:07,392 --> 00:32:08,693
YOU'RE DOING
GOOD NOW.

673
00:32:08,693 --> 00:32:10,194
WE DID ALL
THE WORDS

674
00:32:10,194 --> 00:32:13,197
THAT WERE EVER
GIVEN TO SPELLERS IN THE COMPETITION.

675
00:32:13,197 --> 00:32:15,699
WE COLLECTED THE
DATA FROM ALL THE PREVIOUS SPELLING BEES

676
00:32:15,700 --> 00:32:19,203
AND SAW WHY
PEOPLE WERE FAILING ON CERTAIN WORDS

677
00:32:19,203 --> 00:32:21,205
AND TRIED TO
CORRECT THAT FOR OUR KIDS.

678
00:32:21,205 --> 00:32:24,208
SO TO DERIVE A
COMPLETE NUMBER WOULD BE HARD,

679
00:32:24,208 --> 00:32:27,211
BUT I CAN TELL
YOU THAT IN THE FINAL DAYS OF THE COMPETITION,

680
00:32:27,211 --> 00:32:30,113
WE'RE DOING
BETWEEN 7,000 TO 8,000 WORDS A DAY.

681
00:32:30,114 --> 00:32:32,116
VERY GOOD.
"SACROSANCT."

682
00:32:32,116 --> 00:32:34,118
S-A-C-R-O-S-A-N-C-T.

683
00:32:34,118 --> 00:32:37,121
SACROSANCT MEANS
MOSTLY HOLY OR OVERLY SACRED.

684
00:32:37,121 --> 00:32:40,624
"SARDION."
S-A-R-D-I-O-N.

685
00:32:40,625 --> 00:32:42,827
WHAT WE DO IS, TO GET
THE MEANING OF THE WORD,

686
00:32:42,827 --> 00:32:45,329
WE GET THE
LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN,

687
00:32:45,330 --> 00:32:47,332
WE GET THE
ROOT WORD,

688
00:32:47,332 --> 00:32:49,334
WE TELL THEM TO USE
IT IN A SENTENCE,

689
00:32:49,334 --> 00:32:51,836
WE TELL THEM TO
RE-PRONOUNCE THE WORD,

690
00:32:51,836 --> 00:32:54,839
WE UNDERSTAND THE
MEANING IN OUR HEAD.

691
00:32:54,839 --> 00:32:59,343
SAY THE SPELLING
ALPHABETICALLY INSIDE YOUR OWN HEAD.

692
00:32:59,344 --> 00:33:02,347
MATCH IT WITH THE
SOUND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COME OUT WITH

693
00:33:02,347 --> 00:33:04,349
THAT YOU JUST PRONOUNCED,

694
00:33:04,349 --> 00:33:06,351
RE-PRONOUNCE THE
WORD IN THE HEAD,

695
00:33:06,351 --> 00:33:08,353
AND THEN SPELL THE
WORD OUT LOUD SLOWLY.

696
00:33:12,357 --> 00:33:13,758
THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

697
00:33:13,758 --> 00:33:15,760
THERE ARE 46
WORDS AND YOU MISSED 3 WORDS.

698
00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:16,761
THAT'S NOT BAD.

699
00:33:16,761 --> 00:33:19,764
AND WE STILL
HAVE 25 DAYS. YEAH.

700
00:33:19,764 --> 00:33:21,766
SO, THANK GOD
FOR WHAT WE HAVE.

701
00:33:21,766 --> 00:33:23,667
IT IS DEFINITELY A
BONDING EXPERIENCE.

702
00:33:23,668 --> 00:33:26,170
WE WERE CLOSE,
BUT THIS WAS LIKE A CRISIS,

703
00:33:26,170 --> 00:33:28,672
AND WE ALL HAD
TO PITCH IN TO HELP

704
00:33:28,673 --> 00:33:30,174
WHICHEVER WAY WE COULD.

705
00:33:30,174 --> 00:33:32,676
IF I COULD HELP HIM
PULL HIS CLOTHES OUT

706
00:33:32,677 --> 00:33:35,179
AND MAKE SURE THAT
THEY'RE READY FOR HIM WHEN HE TAKES SHOWER

707
00:33:35,179 --> 00:33:37,181
AND HE CAN SAVE
TWO MINUTES,

708
00:33:37,181 --> 00:33:39,483
THAT ALSO WAS IMPORTANT.

709
00:33:39,484 --> 00:33:41,486
Darshana:
WHEN YOU FIGHT IN A WAR,

710
00:33:41,486 --> 00:33:42,987
EVERYBODY HAS
THE SAME GOAL.

711
00:33:47,992 --> 00:33:49,493
Rajesh:
HE'S ONLY 12 YEARS OLD.

712
00:33:49,494 --> 00:33:50,895
HE'S IN THE 8th GRADE.

713
00:33:50,895 --> 00:33:53,898
SO HE COMES OFF THE
SPELLING BEE CYCLE

714
00:33:53,898 --> 00:33:57,401
BECAUSE HE'S ACADEMICALLY
ADVANCED EARLY ON.

715
00:33:57,402 --> 00:33:59,303
SO THIS IS HIS FIRST
AND LAST CHANCE.

716
00:33:59,303 --> 00:34:00,304
Neil:
THIS IS MY TROPHY

717
00:34:00,304 --> 00:34:02,806
FOR WINNING THE
ORANGE COUNTY SPELLING BEE.

718
00:34:02,807 --> 00:34:06,210
AND FOR, LIKE, THE
REST OF THAT AFTERNOON,

719
00:34:06,210 --> 00:34:08,812
I WAS SEEING, LIKE,
WHITE FLASHES AND STUFF.

720
00:34:08,813 --> 00:34:11,515
I DON'T KNOW WHY. I
GUESS I WAS JUST, LIKE, TOO HAPPY OR SOMETHING.

721
00:34:11,516 --> 00:34:12,517
AT THE
SPELLING BEE, I MEAN,

722
00:34:12,517 --> 00:34:13,518
YOU'LL FIND A
LOT OF PEOPLE

723
00:34:13,518 --> 00:34:14,519
THAT ARE
BOOKWORMS,

724
00:34:14,519 --> 00:34:16,020
DO WEAR REALLY
THICK GLASSES.

725
00:34:16,020 --> 00:34:17,521
YOU KNOW THE
STEREOTYPICAL,

726
00:34:17,522 --> 00:34:19,524
QUIET, SHY,
STUDIOUS TYPES.

727
00:34:19,524 --> 00:34:21,025
AND THEN YOU'LL
FIND PEOPLE LIKE MY BROTHER

728
00:34:21,025 --> 00:34:22,526
WHO'S, LIKE, AN ATHLETE,

729
00:34:22,527 --> 00:34:25,029
HAS, LIKE, ALMOST
A BLACK BELT IN TAE KWON DO.

730
00:34:25,029 --> 00:34:27,031
HE HANGS OUT WITH
HIS FRIENDS, YOU KNOW.

731
00:34:27,031 --> 00:34:28,532
WE GO... I MEAN, YEAH,
WE DO WATCH MOVIES.

732
00:34:28,533 --> 00:34:30,535
WE WATCH TV.
WE HAVE A LIFE.

733
00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:38,442
Darshana:
I DON'T THINK EVERY CHILD CAN EXCEL.

734
00:34:38,443 --> 00:34:39,944
AND THE REASON
IT DOESN'T HAPPEN

735
00:34:39,944 --> 00:34:42,446
IS BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE
A WAY OF CONCENTRATING

736
00:34:42,447 --> 00:34:44,449
ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

737
00:34:44,449 --> 00:34:46,451
I THINK IF
EVERYBODY MEDITATED,

738
00:34:46,451 --> 00:34:48,352
THE COMPETITIONS
LIKE SPELLING BEES

739
00:34:48,352 --> 00:34:50,354
WOULD BECOME VERY,
VERY DIFFICULT.

740
00:34:53,958 --> 00:34:57,461
Rajesh:
WE ARE VERY BLESSED AND LUCKY TO HAVE KIDS LIKE NEIL,

741
00:34:57,462 --> 00:34:59,864
AND TO BE BLESSED
WITH THIS ABUNDANCE.

742
00:34:59,864 --> 00:35:04,368
I AM SO INDEBTED TO MY
SPIRITUAL MASTER AND TO GOD

743
00:35:04,368 --> 00:35:07,371
AND TO THIS COUNTRY,
YOU KNOW, WHICH WILL ACCEPT A STRANGER COME IN

744
00:35:07,371 --> 00:35:09,873
AND GIVE THEM THIS
OPPORTUNITY AND...

745
00:35:09,874 --> 00:35:11,375
AMERICA IS JUST GREAT.

746
00:35:12,276 --> 00:35:13,677
THIS IS OUR LITTLE HOUSE.

747
00:35:16,180 --> 00:35:18,682
ME AND MY BROTHER BUILT
THIS HOUSE OURSELVES.

748
00:35:18,683 --> 00:35:21,686
EVERY SINGLE THING
THAT YOU SEE HERE, WE HAD NO CONTRACTOR.

749
00:35:21,686 --> 00:35:24,188
WE GOT THE SUB-CONTRACTORS
AND WE DID IT ALL.

750
00:35:24,188 --> 00:35:26,690
GRANITE, MARBLE,
FIREPLACE...

751
00:35:27,692 --> 00:35:31,195
STUCCO WORK,
SHEFFIELD DOORS,

752
00:35:31,195 --> 00:35:34,698
BACKYARD, HYPO-ALLERGENIC
TREES ALL AROUND.

753
00:35:36,200 --> 00:35:38,001
THERE IS NO WAY YOU CAN
FAIL IN THIS COUNTRY.

754
00:35:38,002 --> 00:35:39,503
THAT'S ONE GUARANTEE
IN THIS COUNTRY

755
00:35:39,504 --> 00:35:41,506
THAT IF YOU WORK
HARD, YOU'LL MAKE IT.

756
00:35:41,506 --> 00:35:44,008
AND THAT'S NOT EXISTENT
IN THE REST OF THE WORLD,

757
00:35:44,008 --> 00:35:45,509
AT LEAST IN MANY
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

758
00:35:57,522 --> 00:36:01,526
Rajesh:
I AM A FIRM BELIEVER OF HAVING THE BEST COACH

759
00:36:01,526 --> 00:36:03,027
FOR THE PROBLEM
THAT YOU HAVE.

760
00:36:03,027 --> 00:36:04,028
"DISSENT."

761
00:36:04,028 --> 00:36:06,030
D-I-... OH, WAIT.
THERE'S TWO.

762
00:36:06,030 --> 00:36:07,531
YEAH, THIS...
NOT COMING DOWN.

763
00:36:07,532 --> 00:36:09,033
THIS IS TO
DISAGREE.

764
00:36:09,033 --> 00:36:11,435
D-I-S-S-E-N-T.
UH-HUH.

765
00:36:11,435 --> 00:36:12,936
WELL, I WORK WITH
NEIL MONDAY, TUESDAY,

766
00:36:12,937 --> 00:36:14,338
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.

767
00:36:14,338 --> 00:36:15,839
Hill:
WE WORKED ABOUT 3 TO 3 1/2 HOURS

768
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:18,042
AND I GET HOME ABOUT
11:00 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT.

769
00:36:18,042 --> 00:36:19,543
WE DID THAT 4
NIGHTS A WEEK.

770
00:36:19,544 --> 00:36:21,045
AND THEN SATURDAY, I
WOULD SOMETIMES COME UP

771
00:36:21,045 --> 00:36:23,447
AND WORK ANYWHERE FROM
4 TO 8 HOURS WITH HIM.

772
00:36:23,447 --> 00:36:24,948
I'M TUTORING
HIM IN FRENCH.

773
00:36:24,949 --> 00:36:26,951
HE ISN'T TAKING
FRENCH AS A SUBJECT,

774
00:36:26,951 --> 00:36:29,954
BUT I'M TUTORING HIM
IN THE FRENCH WORDS

775
00:36:29,954 --> 00:36:31,956
THAT MAY COME UP IN THE
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.

776
00:36:31,956 --> 00:36:34,358
SAME THING
WE DID WITH A SPANISH TEACHER

777
00:36:34,358 --> 00:36:35,859
WHO CAME AND
SHOWED THEM THE SPANISH WORDS

778
00:36:35,860 --> 00:36:37,862
OR WHY TO BREAK
THEM DOWN.

779
00:36:37,862 --> 00:36:39,363
AND THEN WE GOT
A GERMAN TEACHER TO COME IN

780
00:36:39,363 --> 00:36:41,064
AND BREAK DOWN
THE GERMAN WORDS.

781
00:36:41,065 --> 00:36:42,566
Rajesh:
NOW FORTUNATELY FOR BOTH OF THEM,

782
00:36:42,567 --> 00:36:45,069
THEY'VE GOT EXCELLENT
LATIN TEACHERS AT SCHOOL.

783
00:36:45,069 --> 00:36:49,073
[ ♪ ]

784
00:36:49,073 --> 00:36:50,574
BUT NEIL IS STUDYING
REALLY HARD.

785
00:36:50,575 --> 00:36:53,477
I MEAN, HE'S... HE'S
STUDYING REALLY HARD.

786
00:36:53,477 --> 00:36:56,480
O-H-M-M-A-T-E-R.

787
00:36:56,480 --> 00:36:57,981
YOU'RE
WRONG, NEIL.

788
00:36:57,982 --> 00:37:00,184
Rajesh:
THERE YOU GO.

789
00:37:00,184 --> 00:37:02,986
OKAY, WE'RE DONE
WITH THE STATE BEE PREPARATION.

790
00:37:02,987 --> 00:37:06,290
I THINK HE'S MORE SERIOUS
ABOUT IT THAN I WAS.

791
00:37:06,290 --> 00:37:08,292
NO. YOU'RE
FORCING IT ON YOURSELF.

792
00:37:08,292 --> 00:37:10,394
I WANT YOU TO
STEP BACK, TAKE A DEEP BREATH

793
00:37:10,394 --> 00:37:12,896
AND USE YOUR
TECHNIQUE AGAIN.

794
00:37:12,897 --> 00:37:14,899
RE-PRONOUNCE
THE WORD, PLEASE, FOR ME.

795
00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:17,501
WHAT ARE YOU
TRYING TO SPELL? S-A-D-E-R.

796
00:37:17,501 --> 00:37:20,003
GREAT, NEIL.
NOT MISSING A SINGLE WORD.

797
00:37:20,004 --> 00:37:21,205
"SENILITY."

798
00:37:21,205 --> 00:37:23,207
I'LL BE THE FIRST ONE
TO ADMIT IT IS HARD.

799
00:37:23,207 --> 00:37:27,711
BUT WHAT IS... WHAT
IS VALUABLE IN LIFE

800
00:37:27,712 --> 00:37:29,213
THAT IS EASY TO ACHIEVE?

801
00:37:29,213 --> 00:37:30,714
NOTHING.

802
00:37:30,715 --> 00:37:33,718
IT'S A ONCE IN A
LIFETIME EXPERIENCE.

803
00:37:33,718 --> 00:37:36,721
AND... I MEAN, AFTER
YOU'VE STUDIED SO HARD,

804
00:37:36,721 --> 00:37:38,723
IT WOULD... IT
WOULD JUST BE...

805
00:37:41,726 --> 00:37:44,228
IT WOULD JUST FEEL GREAT
TO BE UP THERE AND WIN.

806
00:37:44,228 --> 00:37:45,729
"EPITAPH."
E-P-I-T-A-P-H.

807
00:37:45,730 --> 00:37:47,732
"EPITHET."
E-P-I-T-H-E-T.

808
00:37:47,732 --> 00:37:49,233
"EPITOME."
E-P-I-T-O-M-E.

809
00:37:49,233 --> 00:37:51,235
"EQUABLE."
E-Q-U-A-B-L-E.

810
00:37:51,235 --> 00:37:53,237
"EXISTENCE."
E-X-I-S-T-E-N-C-E.

811
00:37:53,237 --> 00:37:54,938
KEEP ON
GOING, CHAMP. "DESCRIPTION."

812
00:37:54,939 --> 00:37:56,440
D-E-S-C-R-...

813
00:37:56,440 --> 00:38:08,051
[ ♪ ]

814
00:38:08,052 --> 00:38:10,154
HERE SHE IS,
WINNING A BEE IN...

815
00:38:11,155 --> 00:38:12,356
THIS WAS SEVENTH GRADE.

816
00:38:12,356 --> 00:38:15,359
AND BILLY, HER BROTHER,
LOOK WHAT HE PUT...

817
00:38:15,359 --> 00:38:17,861
ANOTHER FACE ON IT.
HE MADE A LITTLE CARTOON FACE.

818
00:38:20,064 --> 00:38:22,066
MY MOM AND DAD BOTH
LIKE TO PLAY WITH WORDS

819
00:38:22,066 --> 00:38:23,967
AND MAKE FUNNY SAYINGS

820
00:38:23,968 --> 00:38:25,669
AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

821
00:38:25,670 --> 00:38:28,673
Mother:
"AIN'T MIS- BEE-HAVING."

822
00:38:28,673 --> 00:38:32,677
AND I HAVE STATIONARY
THAT SAYS "BEE HAPPY."

823
00:38:32,677 --> 00:38:33,678
B-E-E.

824
00:38:33,678 --> 00:38:35,479
AND IT'S BUMBLEBEES
FLYING AROUND.

825
00:38:35,479 --> 00:38:38,882
I THINK THAT'S WHERE MY
LOVE OF WORDS CAME FROM.

826
00:38:38,883 --> 00:38:40,885
WELL, YOU'RE FULL OF
JABBERWOCKY TONIGHT,

827
00:38:40,885 --> 00:38:42,386
AREN'T YOU?

828
00:38:42,386 --> 00:38:43,387
I'VE GOT ANOTHER
WORD FOR IT.

829
00:38:43,387 --> 00:38:44,888
[ Chuckles ]

830
00:38:45,890 --> 00:38:49,793
THEY REMIND ME OF
EDITH AND ARCHIE BUNKER

831
00:38:49,794 --> 00:38:53,197
BECAUSE ARCHIE'S
ALWAYS GETTING MAD AT EDITH FOR BEING DUMB.

832
00:38:54,198 --> 00:38:55,499
[ Barking ]

833
00:38:55,499 --> 00:38:57,000
AND THE COVER IS JUST...

834
00:38:58,502 --> 00:39:01,004
HAS FALLEN OFF.

835
00:39:01,005 --> 00:39:03,007
SHE WAS REALLY GLAD
TO GET THE NEW ONE

836
00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:07,511
BECAUSE THIS ONE HAD
GOTTEN KIND OF BATTERED.

837
00:39:07,511 --> 00:39:09,513
HOWEVER, WE'LL
NEVER THROW IT AWAY.

838
00:39:10,815 --> 00:39:12,316
SMITHSONIAN MATERIAL.

839
00:39:14,618 --> 00:39:16,620
I THINK I WORKED
PRETTY HARD AT...

840
00:39:16,620 --> 00:39:18,121
MAYBE A LITTLE TOO HARD.

841
00:39:20,124 --> 00:39:23,627
IN THE SUMMER, I
KIND OF WORKED...

842
00:39:23,627 --> 00:39:27,130
AROUND EIGHT TO
NINE HOURS A DAY.

843
00:39:27,131 --> 00:39:30,134
BUT... AS SCHOOL BEGAN,

844
00:39:30,134 --> 00:39:34,938
I JUST WORKED ABOUT
FIVE OR SIX HOURS A DAY.

845
00:39:34,939 --> 00:39:38,442
OUR LIVES HAVE
REVOLVED AROUND APRIL AND THE SPELLING BEE.

846
00:39:38,442 --> 00:39:39,943
I MEAN, I
HARDLY COULD SEE MY FRIENDS.

847
00:39:39,944 --> 00:39:41,946
THEY WOULD CALL
ME UP AND SAY,

848
00:39:41,946 --> 00:39:45,449
YEAH.
"WHEN CAN WE GET TOGETHER FOR LUNCH, BREAKFAST,

849
00:39:45,449 --> 00:39:46,950
WHATEVER YOU
CAN SQUEEZE IN?"

850
00:39:48,452 --> 00:39:50,454
WELL, THE
SPELLING BEE'S COMING UP,

851
00:39:50,454 --> 00:39:51,955
AND THIS
WAS JUST THE REGIONAL.

852
00:39:51,956 --> 00:39:54,458
THIS IS THE
REGIONAL WORD LIST

853
00:39:54,458 --> 00:39:56,960
AND SPONSOR
BEE GUIDE COLLECTION.

854
00:39:56,961 --> 00:39:59,463
I ENDED UP GOING
THROUGH THIS BOOK THREE TIMES IN ALL.

855
00:40:01,465 --> 00:40:03,967
AND I'VE PRETTY
MUCH MEMORIZED IT.

856
00:40:03,968 --> 00:40:06,770
Gale:
SHE DIDN'T EVEN LIKE TO GO TO THE MALL.

857
00:40:06,771 --> 00:40:09,774
YEAH.
IT BECAME WHERE THAT WAS ACTUALLY...

858
00:40:09,774 --> 00:40:11,776
RIGHT.
A YOUNG GIRL THAT DOESN'T WANT TO GO TO THE MALL.

859
00:40:11,776 --> 00:40:13,277
I MEAN, WITH
GIRLFRIENDS. RIGHT.

860
00:40:13,277 --> 00:40:15,779
NOT WITH HER
PARENTS, WITH HER GIRLFRIENDS.

861
00:40:15,780 --> 00:40:17,281
RIGHT.
"I CAN'T... I CAN'T GO.

862
00:40:17,281 --> 00:40:18,782
THEY WANT ME TO
GO FRIDAY NIGHT

863
00:40:18,783 --> 00:40:21,285
BUT I CAN'T
GO BECAUSE I GOTTA STUDY. I CAN'T..."

864
00:40:21,285 --> 00:40:23,487
AND WE'D
SAY, "APRIL, LIGHTEN UP,"

865
00:40:23,487 --> 00:40:24,488
YOU KNOW?

866
00:40:25,990 --> 00:40:27,691
IN THE CLASSROOM,
IF THERE'S A BREAK,

867
00:40:27,691 --> 00:40:30,293
RIGHT AWAY, OUT COME THE
CARDS AND THE NOTEBOOKS.

868
00:40:30,294 --> 00:40:33,297
I'M ALSO THE
SOFTBALL COACH HERE, AND SHE WAS PART OF THE TEAM.

869
00:40:33,297 --> 00:40:36,400
BUT ANY BREAK IN PLAY,
IF IT WAS STOPPED OR FOR WHATEVER REASON,

870
00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,001
OUT CAME THE
SPELLING WORDS.

871
00:40:38,002 --> 00:40:40,004
THE KIDS USED
TO TEASE HER. YEAH.

872
00:40:40,004 --> 00:40:41,805
EVEN IN THE
BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR,

873
00:40:41,806 --> 00:40:44,809
THEY WOULD SAY, "OH APRIL.
WHY DON'T YOU GET A LIFE?"

874
00:40:46,911 --> 00:40:49,914
HOW COULD ANYBODY
WANT TO STUDY WORDS

875
00:40:49,914 --> 00:40:52,917
AND NOT HAVE
ANOTHER INTEREST?

876
00:40:52,917 --> 00:40:55,619
BESIDES SPELLING, I LIKE
TO RIDE ROLLER-COASTERS...

877
00:40:57,621 --> 00:40:59,122
AND I'M A VEGETARIAN.

878
00:41:00,624 --> 00:41:02,125
AND I LIKE TO DRINK COFFEE.

879
00:41:03,327 --> 00:41:04,828
HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. LOOK.

880
00:41:04,829 --> 00:41:06,330
I CAN'T EVEN
PRONOUNCE THESE WORDS.

881
00:41:06,330 --> 00:41:08,832
IT'S... RATHER
SAD, BUT...

882
00:41:08,833 --> 00:41:10,835
I KNOW SHE CAN.

883
00:41:12,136 --> 00:41:13,137
IT'S JUST...

884
00:41:14,738 --> 00:41:16,539
A WORLD OF...

885
00:41:16,540 --> 00:41:18,542
OF KNOWLEDGE
HERE. I'M...

886
00:41:18,542 --> 00:41:21,044
I WANT TO GO BACK TO
SCHOOL, TELL YOU THE TRUTH.

887
00:41:25,349 --> 00:41:28,151
Al:
I'VE BEEN WORKING IN THE BAR BUSINESS 45 YEARS.

888
00:41:28,152 --> 00:41:30,154
YEAH, I WAS BORN
ACROSS THE TRACKS.

889
00:41:30,154 --> 00:41:33,357
THAT WAS THE DEPRESSION
CENTRE BACK THERE.

890
00:41:33,357 --> 00:41:37,361
THAT WAS ALL THE HOUSES
FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED IN THE ASBESTOS MILL.

891
00:41:37,361 --> 00:41:40,864
AND THEN THEY FOUND
OUT THAT THE ASBESTOS STUFF WAS COMING UP,

892
00:41:40,865 --> 00:41:43,267
SEEPING THROUGH
THE GROUND, SO THEY CLOSED IT ALL OFF NOW.

893
00:41:43,267 --> 00:41:45,269
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN
THIS TOWN HAVE ASBESTOSIS.

894
00:41:45,269 --> 00:41:46,270
DIED FROM CANCER.

895
00:41:48,072 --> 00:41:49,573
I DIDN'T GO FAR.

896
00:41:49,573 --> 00:41:52,576
I WENT FROM THAT SIDE OF
THE STREET TO THIS SIDE OF THE STREET, REALLY.

897
00:41:52,576 --> 00:41:54,077
NOT A REAL SUCCESS STORY.

898
00:41:55,479 --> 00:42:02,486
[ ♪ ]

899
00:42:02,486 --> 00:42:04,488
I'D ALWAYS...

900
00:42:04,488 --> 00:42:06,990
USED TO DREAM THAT I'D
GO DOWN ON AN EASY WORD

901
00:42:06,991 --> 00:42:08,592
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

902
00:42:08,592 --> 00:42:12,596
I NEVER DREAMED
OF DOING WELL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

903
00:42:14,899 --> 00:42:17,902
I PRETTY MUCH ALWAYS HAD
A PESSIMISTIC ATTITUDE.

904
00:42:17,902 --> 00:42:21,005
Gale:
ONLY ONE NIGHT DID SHE SAY TO ME,

905
00:42:21,005 --> 00:42:24,808
"MOM, I WOULD REALLY
WANT TO WIN THIS THING."

906
00:42:24,808 --> 00:42:27,310
AND I SAID, "OH,
I KNOW, APRIL."

907
00:42:27,311 --> 00:42:29,913
I DIDN'T WANT HER TO
GET DISAPPOINTED THOUGH,

908
00:42:29,914 --> 00:42:32,416
OR HAVE TOO BIG A GOAL.

909
00:42:32,416 --> 00:42:35,318
BUT I LOVED HEARING
THAT SHE WAS GIVING THAT THOUGHT

910
00:42:35,319 --> 00:42:38,822
BECAUSE SOMETIMES
HER CONFIDENCE WAS A BIT SHAKY.

911
00:42:38,822 --> 00:42:41,825
SO I WAS HAPPY TO
HEAR THAT THAT WAS IN THE BACK OF HER HEAD.

912
00:42:41,825 --> 00:42:44,828
"I WOULD REALLY LIKE
TO WIN THIS BEE."

913
00:42:48,432 --> 00:42:50,934
[ "Star-Spangled Banner"
♪ on guitar ]

914
00:42:52,436 --> 00:42:53,937
Boy:
WAIT, I CAN'T... I'M GONNA START OVER.

915
00:42:53,938 --> 00:42:56,941
OKAY. MOSHE AND IZZI
ARE WORKING IN A FACTORY,

916
00:42:56,941 --> 00:42:59,443
AND MOSHE ASKS
IZZI, "WHAT TIME IS IT?"

917
00:42:59,443 --> 00:43:00,944
AND HE SAYS, "IT'S
3:00 O'CLOCK."

918
00:43:00,945 --> 00:43:02,446
AND LATER HE
ASKS HIM AGAIN,

919
00:43:02,446 --> 00:43:04,448
"WHAT TIME IS IT?" AND
HE SAYS, "IT'S 3:30."

920
00:43:04,448 --> 00:43:05,949
AND LATER HE
ASKS HIM AGAIN,

921
00:43:05,950 --> 00:43:07,451
"WHAT TIME IS IT?" AND HE
SAYS, "IT'S 4:00 O'CLOCK."

922
00:43:07,451 --> 00:43:09,953
AND LATER HE ASKS HIM
AGAIN, "WHAT TIME IS IT?"

923
00:43:09,954 --> 00:43:11,455
AND HE SAYS, "IT'S 4:30."

924
00:43:11,455 --> 00:43:13,957
THEN IZZI ASKS MOSHE,
"WHEN YOU GO HOME AT NIGHT AND IT'S DARK OUT,

925
00:43:13,958 --> 00:43:15,960
HOW DO YOU KNOW
WHAT TIME IT IS?"

926
00:43:15,960 --> 00:43:17,461
AND HE SAYS, "OH, THAT'S
SIMPLE. I GET OUT MY HORN,

927
00:43:17,461 --> 00:43:19,463
BLOW A LITTLE
TOOT-TOOT ON MY HORN

928
00:43:19,463 --> 00:43:22,466
AND EVERYBODY... AND
EVERYBODY PULLS UP THEIR SHADES AND YELLS OUT,

929
00:43:22,466 --> 00:43:24,968
"YOU IDIOT! WHAT ARE YOU
PLAYING YOUR HORN FOR?

930
00:43:24,969 --> 00:43:27,471
IT'S 3:00 O'CLOCK
IN THE MORNING!"

931
00:43:28,973 --> 00:43:29,974
I GUESS YOU COULD
CALL ME TALKATIVE.

932
00:43:29,974 --> 00:43:32,476
NOT REALLY. I MEAN...
IF... I MEAN...

933
00:43:34,979 --> 00:43:36,880
BUT, YEAH, SORT OF.

934
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:37,881
Interviewer:
WHAT'S THAT? THIS IS A DICTIONARY,

935
00:43:37,881 --> 00:43:40,383
A BIG DICTIONARY.

936
00:43:40,384 --> 00:43:41,885
I DON'T KNOW WHY
IT'S IN MY ROOM.

937
00:43:41,885 --> 00:43:43,186
Interviewer:
OKAY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOT

938
00:43:43,187 --> 00:43:44,688
ALL SORTS OF
PIECES OF PAPER IN THERE.

939
00:43:44,688 --> 00:43:46,690
OH YEAH. UM...

940
00:43:46,690 --> 00:43:49,192
WELL THAT WAS SO
MY MOM COULD FIND THE DEFINITIONS

941
00:43:49,193 --> 00:43:51,195
OF THE WORDS
WE WERE STUDYING.

942
00:43:51,996 --> 00:43:53,497
THIS THING ISN'T
EDIBLE, IS IT?

943
00:43:53,497 --> 00:43:54,998
[ Goofy
chuckle ]

944
00:44:00,304 --> 00:44:02,306
IN FOURTH
GRADE, HARRY ENTERED...

945
00:44:02,306 --> 00:44:04,308
THEY HAVE
IN GLEN ROCK A 4th/5th GRADE BEE

946
00:44:04,308 --> 00:44:07,311
WHICH IS NOT RELATED TO THE
HOWARD SCRIPPS AT ALL.

947
00:44:07,311 --> 00:44:09,313
AND HE WAS OUT... HE WAS
THE FIRST PERSON OUT.

948
00:44:09,313 --> 00:44:10,814
THE VERY FIRST PERSON OUT.

949
00:44:10,814 --> 00:44:12,315
HOW MANY HOURS
A DAY WOULD YOU SAY

950
00:44:12,316 --> 00:44:14,818
YOU SPENT
STUDYING WITH YOUR MOM?

951
00:44:14,818 --> 00:44:18,121
[ Mimicking whirring
of mechanics ]

952
00:44:18,122 --> 00:44:20,624
[ Imitating robot ]
MAYBE ONE-HALF, OR ONE,

953
00:44:20,624 --> 00:44:22,125
OR MAYBE ONE-QUARTER.

954
00:44:22,126 --> 00:44:24,128
I DON'T KNOW. I
REALLY DON'T KNOW.

955
00:44:26,130 --> 00:44:28,632
PROBABLY ONE-HALF.
THAT IS MY GUESS.

956
00:44:30,634 --> 00:44:33,136
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE
A MUSICAL ROBOT?

957
00:44:35,939 --> 00:44:39,442
Fay:
THIS YEAR, I SAW AN AD IN "THE RECORD" ABOUT THE BEE,

958
00:44:39,443 --> 00:44:42,446
AND WE DIDN'T PRACTICE
FOR IT AT ALL BECAUSE I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE...

959
00:44:42,446 --> 00:44:44,448
I FORGOT WHAT DAY IT WAS.

960
00:44:44,448 --> 00:44:45,949
HARRY NEVER CAME
HOME WITH A PAPER.

961
00:44:45,949 --> 00:44:48,451
ONE DAY, IT'S A FRIDAY.
I COME HOME FROM...

962
00:44:48,452 --> 00:44:50,954
I USUALLY COME HOME
ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS HE DOES FROM...

963
00:44:50,954 --> 00:44:53,957
FROM MY OFFICE. HE'S NOT
HOME. I WAIT AND WAIT.

964
00:44:53,957 --> 00:44:55,959
IT'S, LIKE, 3:30.
HE'S NOT HOME.

965
00:44:55,959 --> 00:44:58,461
I CALL UP THE SCHOOL.
CALL THE LIBRARY.

966
00:44:58,462 --> 00:44:59,963
ALL THE PLACES I THINK
HE MIGHT BE AT THE SCHOOL.

967
00:44:59,963 --> 00:45:01,965
FINALLY SOMEONE GETS
ON THE PHONE AND SAYS,

968
00:45:01,965 --> 00:45:03,466
"OH, I HAVE SOME
GOOD NEWS FOR YOU.

969
00:45:03,467 --> 00:45:05,469
HARRY WON THE
SPELLING BEE." [ Chuckle ]

970
00:45:06,670 --> 00:45:08,672
HARRY AND THIS
BOY, OSHGAY,

971
00:45:08,672 --> 00:45:10,473
THEY WERE THE LAST
TWO IN THE LAST BEE,

972
00:45:10,474 --> 00:45:12,976
AND THEY WENT FOR
A VERY LONG TIME.

973
00:45:12,976 --> 00:45:14,978
THEY TOLD ME THEY'D NEVER
HAD A BEE GO THAT LONG.

974
00:45:14,978 --> 00:45:16,980
WE WENT FOR QUITE
A WHILE BEFORE...

975
00:45:16,980 --> 00:45:19,482
BEFORE HE FINALLY HE
MISSED "DISCOTHEQUE".

976
00:45:19,483 --> 00:45:21,985
IN MY GENERATION,
EVERYBODY KNOWS "DISCOTHEQUE",

977
00:45:21,985 --> 00:45:23,987
BUT IN THIS GENERATION
THE KIDS REALLY DON'T.

978
00:45:23,987 --> 00:45:25,488
BUT WE HAD STUDIED
"DISCOTHEQUE",

979
00:45:25,489 --> 00:45:27,991
AND HARRY KNEW AS SOON
AS... YOU COULD SEE IT.

980
00:45:27,991 --> 00:45:29,492
HE'S THERE AND
HE'S LIKE...

981
00:45:29,493 --> 00:45:31,495
HE JUST COULDN'T WAIT TO
GET UP THERE AND SPELL IT.

982
00:45:31,495 --> 00:45:33,997
AND THAT WAS, OF COURSE,
ONE OF THE WORDS THAT STUCK IN MY HEAD,

983
00:45:33,997 --> 00:45:34,998
FOR SOME REASON.

984
00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:39,302
LOOK AT THIS.

985
00:45:39,303 --> 00:45:41,805
"HUKED ON FONIX
WURKED FUR MEE!"

986
00:45:43,307 --> 00:45:45,809
[ "Star-Spangled Banner"
♪ ]

987
00:46:00,824 --> 00:46:16,940


988
00:46:21,445 --> 00:46:23,447
Man:
ACROPHOBIA,

989
00:46:23,447 --> 00:46:24,848
AORISTIC,

990
00:46:24,848 --> 00:46:26,850
RAYONNANT,

991
00:46:26,850 --> 00:46:28,551
CUCURBIT,

992
00:46:28,552 --> 00:46:30,053
ORENDA...

993
00:46:30,053 --> 00:46:32,255
Angela:
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS RIGHT NOW,

994
00:46:32,256 --> 00:46:33,757
BUT I THINK
THAT'S NATURAL.

995
00:46:33,757 --> 00:46:36,960
I THINK EVERY SPELLER
IS A LITTLE BIT.

996
00:46:37,961 --> 00:46:39,462
Man:
LLANERO,

997
00:46:39,463 --> 00:46:41,965
STAUROLATRY...

998
00:46:41,965 --> 00:46:42,966
Emily:
I'M NERVOUS.

999
00:46:44,368 --> 00:46:46,870
THERE'S SO MUCH
LUCK IN IT. IT'S NOT...

1000
00:46:46,870 --> 00:46:48,872
YOU CAN'T NOT
BE NERVOUS.

1001
00:46:48,872 --> 00:46:50,373
IT'S TOO SCARY.

1002
00:46:52,676 --> 00:46:54,177
Ted:
WELL I DON'T THINK I'LL WIN,

1003
00:46:54,178 --> 00:46:56,580
BUT I'M GOING TO
TRY HARD ANYWAYS.

1004
00:46:56,580 --> 00:46:57,581
IT WOULD BE FUNNY TO WIN.

1005
00:46:58,982 --> 00:46:59,983
UP, UP, UP, UP.

1006
00:47:02,386 --> 00:47:04,287
RIGHT THERE, LIKE THAT.

1007
00:47:04,288 --> 00:47:05,789
WELL, I THINK THE
PARENTS AND CHILDREN

1008
00:47:05,789 --> 00:47:08,992
WHO COME AWAY WITH THE
MOST VALUABLE EXPERIENCES

1009
00:47:08,992 --> 00:47:13,196
ARE THE ONES WHO
APPROACH IT WITH REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS.

1010
00:47:13,197 --> 00:47:14,998
I DON'T REALLY
EXPECT TO WIN.

1011
00:47:14,998 --> 00:47:18,001
I DON'T KNOW. I'VE
STUDIED ENOUGH.

1012
00:47:18,001 --> 00:47:21,004
SO I JUST HAVE TO
SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

1013
00:47:25,008 --> 00:47:27,010
AND HOW WAS THE TRIP
TO THE CAPITOL TODAY?

1014
00:47:27,010 --> 00:47:29,012
[ Snorting ]

1015
00:47:29,012 --> 00:47:31,514
THE PART WE WENT TO,
WHICH WAS ABOUT FIVE MINUTES, THAT WAS FINE.

1016
00:47:31,515 --> 00:47:35,018
THEN MOM AND I DECIDED
WE'D RATHER STUDY AND WENT HOME IN A TAXI CAB.

1017
00:47:35,018 --> 00:47:36,019
LEFT ME HIGH
AND DRY.

1018
00:47:37,721 --> 00:47:40,223
OF ALL THE 10 MILLION
PARTICIPANTS,

1019
00:47:40,224 --> 00:47:43,427
THERE'S ONLY GOING TO BE
ONE CHILD AT THE VERY END

1020
00:47:43,427 --> 00:47:45,429
HOLDING THAT TROPHY
HIGH ABOVE THE HEAD.

1021
00:47:47,431 --> 00:47:50,434
I WOULD SPELL ALL THE
WORDS IF I HAD TO GET...

1022
00:47:50,434 --> 00:47:52,436
A CHANCE TO WIN $10,000.

1023
00:47:52,436 --> 00:47:55,639
I... I WOULD SPELL EVERY
WORD IN THE DICTIONARY.

1024
00:47:55,639 --> 00:47:57,641
REPETITEUR,

1025
00:47:57,641 --> 00:47:59,142
CLAVECIN,

1026
00:47:59,142 --> 00:48:00,643
MAROTTE,

1027
00:48:00,644 --> 00:48:02,646
CABOT...

1028
00:48:02,646 --> 00:48:05,949
CABOTINAGE. CABOTINAGE.

1029
00:48:05,949 --> 00:48:08,952
IT HAS BEEN
A VERY ODD EXPERIENCE FOR ME

1030
00:48:08,952 --> 00:48:11,454
BECAUSE I DO
GET STOPPED.

1031
00:48:11,455 --> 00:48:13,957
I HAVE BEEN
STOPPED IN RESTAURANTS IN OHIO

1032
00:48:13,957 --> 00:48:17,460
AND JUST TOTAL STRANGERS
SAY, "I'VE SEEN YOU.

1033
00:48:17,461 --> 00:48:18,962
I KNOW I'VE SEEN
YOU SOMEWHERE,"

1034
00:48:18,962 --> 00:48:20,463
AND THEN SUDDENLY
REMEMBER,

1035
00:48:20,464 --> 00:48:23,967
OR PEOPLE JUST WALK
UP OUT OF NOWHERE, MONTHS FROM NOW,

1036
00:48:23,967 --> 00:48:25,468
AND SAY, "I'VE SEEN
YOU ON TELEVISION.

1037
00:48:25,469 --> 00:48:26,870
I WANT TO SHAKE
YOUR HAND."

1038
00:48:26,870 --> 00:48:30,373
IF YOU START TO
SPELL A WORD... ORD,

1039
00:48:30,374 --> 00:48:33,377
CAN YOU... AND YOU STOP
IN THE MIDDLE... IDDLE,

1040
00:48:33,377 --> 00:48:34,878
CAN YOU ASK
FOR INFORMATION

1041
00:48:34,878 --> 00:48:36,880
THEN, YOU KNOW LIKE,
THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN,

1042
00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:38,882
CONCERNING STUFF
LIKE... CAN YOU SAY THE FIRST LETTER,

1043
00:48:38,882 --> 00:48:39,883
THEN ASK FOR THE
LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN,

1044
00:48:39,883 --> 00:48:41,684
THEN ONCE YOU KNOW
THAT, KEEP ON SPELLING?

1045
00:48:41,685 --> 00:48:43,186
ONE OF THEM JUST
CAME RUNNING UP

1046
00:48:43,186 --> 00:48:45,188
BECAUSE HE SAID HE
WANTED TO TELL ME

1047
00:48:45,188 --> 00:48:48,691
THAT HE REALLY
ENJOYED HEARING OLD ENGLISH PRONOUNCED.

1048
00:48:48,692 --> 00:48:51,294
AND... THEN HE TOOK OFF.

1049
00:48:51,295 --> 00:48:52,796
Hill:
"PERNICIOUS."

1050
00:48:52,796 --> 00:48:55,298
P-E-R-N-I-C-I-O-U-S.

1051
00:48:55,299 --> 00:49:04,207
[ ♪ ]

1052
00:49:04,207 --> 00:49:05,208
HE'S GOOD
NOW. VERY GOOD. "TAMARACK."

1053
00:49:05,208 --> 00:49:06,909
VERY, VERY GOOD.

1054
00:49:06,910 --> 00:49:14,417
[ ♪ ]

1055
00:49:14,418 --> 00:49:17,521
Nupur:
FROM THE MINUTE I WALKED IN ON SUNDAY TO REGISTER,

1056
00:49:17,521 --> 00:49:20,624
I WAS IN TOTAL SHOCK
AT HOW HUGE IT WAS,

1057
00:49:20,624 --> 00:49:22,125
HOW GRAND THE WHOLE
AFFAIR WOULD BE.

1058
00:49:23,126 --> 00:49:24,127
OH YEAH.

1059
00:49:24,127 --> 00:49:25,728
[ ♪ ]

1060
00:49:25,729 --> 00:49:26,730
IT'S OUR STOP.

1061
00:49:26,730 --> 00:49:31,334
[ ♪ ]

1062
00:49:31,335 --> 00:49:34,338
Angela:
I PICTURE MYSELF GETTING THAT WINNING WORD,

1063
00:49:34,338 --> 00:49:37,841
AND THEN JUMPING UP
AND SCREAMING,

1064
00:49:37,841 --> 00:49:39,843
AND GETTING A TROPHY.

1065
00:49:39,843 --> 00:49:45,548
AND I PICTURE
MYSELF APPEARING ON ROSIE O'DONNELL.

1066
00:49:45,549 --> 00:50:01,565
[ ♪ ]

1067
00:50:21,084 --> 00:50:23,086
[ Applause ]

1068
00:50:28,291 --> 00:50:30,293
"CEPHALALGIA."

1069
00:50:31,194 --> 00:50:33,196
CEPHALALGIA?

1070
00:50:33,196 --> 00:50:34,697
Cameron:
A PAIN IN THE HEAD.

1071
00:50:34,698 --> 00:50:37,200
[ Laughter ]
[ Goofy chuckle ]

1072
00:50:38,702 --> 00:50:40,303
"CEPHALALGIA."

1073
00:50:40,303 --> 00:50:42,805
CEPHALALGIA:

1074
00:50:42,806 --> 00:50:45,809
C-E-P-H-...

1075
00:50:47,811 --> 00:50:52,816
A-L-A-L-G-I-A.

1076
00:50:52,816 --> 00:50:54,117
CEPHALALGIA.
[ Applause ]

1077
00:50:54,117 --> 00:50:56,119
Angela:
ZWIEBACK:

1078
00:50:58,121 --> 00:51:02,325
Z-W-I-E-B-A-C-K.

1079
00:51:02,325 --> 00:51:04,627
ZWIEBACK.

1080
00:51:04,628 --> 00:51:09,132
April:
T-U-Y-E-R-E.

1081
00:51:09,132 --> 00:51:09,932
TUYERE.

1082
00:51:11,435 --> 00:51:15,439
T-R-A-C-H-O-D-O-N.

1083
00:51:15,439 --> 00:51:16,640
TRACHODON.

1084
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:18,141
Cameron:
"NEPHELOGNOSY."

1085
00:51:18,141 --> 00:51:19,642
Boy:
DYSPHASIA...

1086
00:51:19,643 --> 00:51:21,144
Cameron:
"XEROSTOMIA."

1087
00:51:21,144 --> 00:51:22,645
Girl:
QUAQUAVERSAL...

1088
00:51:22,646 --> 00:51:24,447
Cameron:
"SIPHONAPTEROLOGY."

1089
00:51:24,448 --> 00:51:26,550
COULD YOU REPEAT THAT
WORD AGAIN, PLEASE?

1090
00:51:26,550 --> 00:51:28,051
ZAIBATSU...

1091
00:51:28,051 --> 00:51:29,552
Cameron:
"CHATEAUBRIAND."

1092
00:51:32,055 --> 00:51:35,258
Nupur:
MAY I HAVE THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?

1093
00:51:35,258 --> 00:51:37,260
Cameron:
IT IS FROM AMBOINESE.

1094
00:51:38,762 --> 00:51:40,363
IS THE ORIGIN LATIN?

1095
00:51:40,363 --> 00:51:42,264
AND IT'S FRENCH?

1096
00:51:42,265 --> 00:51:46,369
...P-H-A-L-O-N.

1097
00:51:46,369 --> 00:51:47,370
ENCEPHALON.

1098
00:51:48,371 --> 00:51:51,674
...D-I-L-L-A.

1099
00:51:51,675 --> 00:51:53,677
QUESADILLA.

1100
00:51:53,677 --> 00:51:55,278
[ Applause ]

1101
00:51:58,982 --> 00:52:00,483
"LYCANTHROPE."

1102
00:52:00,484 --> 00:52:06,690
[ ♪ ]

1103
00:52:06,690 --> 00:52:09,192
Cameron:
A WEREWOLF IS A LYCANTHROPE.

1104
00:52:14,197 --> 00:52:16,799
Ashley:
I JUST HOPE AND I PRAY TO GOD

1105
00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:21,004
THAT I'LL GET A
PRESENTABLE PLACE, OR A GOOD PLACE AT LEAST...

1106
00:52:21,004 --> 00:52:23,006
THE TOP 5, TOP 10.

1107
00:52:23,006 --> 00:52:25,508
IT REALLY DOESN'T
MATTER TO ME. IT'S...

1108
00:52:25,509 --> 00:52:29,412
I MEAN, SPELLING
IS SOMETHING THAT I LOVE TO DO.

1109
00:52:29,412 --> 00:52:32,715
HOW CAN YOU
COMPETE AND BE SCARED?

1110
00:52:32,716 --> 00:52:34,417
YOU'RE TRYING
TO WIN.

1111
00:52:34,417 --> 00:52:42,925
[ ♪ ]

1112
00:52:42,926 --> 00:52:44,427
LYCANTHROPE:

1113
00:52:45,929 --> 00:52:53,937
L-Y-C-A-N-T-H-R-O-P-E.

1114
00:52:53,937 --> 00:52:55,438
LYCANTHROPE.

1115
00:52:55,438 --> 00:52:56,939
[ Applause ]

1116
00:52:56,940 --> 00:53:04,747
[ ♪ ]

1117
00:53:04,748 --> 00:53:06,750
Woman:
THAT CONCLUDED ROUND ONE.

1118
00:53:12,656 --> 00:53:13,657
[ Applause ]

1119
00:53:18,261 --> 00:53:20,162
"MATTOCK."

1120
00:53:20,163 --> 00:53:21,164
MATTOCK...

1121
00:53:21,164 --> 00:53:23,466
CAN I HAVE THE
DEFINITION, PLEASE?

1122
00:53:23,466 --> 00:53:24,467
A MATTOCK
IS A TOOL...

1123
00:53:24,467 --> 00:53:25,968
April:
MY MOM TELLS ME THAT SOMETIMES,

1124
00:53:25,969 --> 00:53:28,471
I WOULD BE SAYING
WORDS IN MY SLEEP.

1125
00:53:28,471 --> 00:53:31,974
I WAS SO SCARED
AND NERVOUS

1126
00:53:31,975 --> 00:53:34,477
'CAUSE I REALLY WANTED
TO GET PAST THAT FIRST DAY.

1127
00:53:34,477 --> 00:53:36,979
WELL, IT'S MORE
INTENSE THAN ANY COMPETITION

1128
00:53:36,980 --> 00:53:39,482
BECAUSE IN
BASEBALL, YOUR KID GETS UP IN THE FIRST INNING;

1129
00:53:39,482 --> 00:53:41,984
HE STRIKES OUT.
HE GETS UP IN THE THIRD INNING.

1130
00:53:41,985 --> 00:53:43,987
THEN HE GETS UP
IN THE SIXTH INNING AND THE NINTH INNING.

1131
00:53:43,987 --> 00:53:45,288
THIS ONE,
ONE LETTER,

1132
00:53:45,288 --> 00:53:46,289
AND YOU'RE OUT.

1133
00:53:48,291 --> 00:53:49,792
MATTOCK:

1134
00:53:49,793 --> 00:53:54,297
M-A-T-T-O-C-K.

1135
00:53:55,298 --> 00:53:56,999
[ Applause ]

1136
00:53:57,000 --> 00:54:28,031
[ ♪ ]

1137
00:54:28,031 --> 00:54:31,134
Earl:
TED'S... HE IS REALLY COMPETITIVE.

1138
00:54:31,134 --> 00:54:33,636
I DON'T KNOW IF
HE CAN MEMORIZE ALL THOSE WORDS OR NOT.

1139
00:54:35,138 --> 00:54:36,939
YEAH, HE
PLAYS TO WIN.

1140
00:54:36,940 --> 00:54:38,942
"DISTRACTIBLE."

1141
00:54:38,942 --> 00:54:40,443
DISTRACTABLE:

1142
00:54:40,443 --> 00:54:44,647
D-I-S-T-R-A-C-T-A-B-L-E.

1143
00:54:44,648 --> 00:54:46,650
DISTRACTABLE.
[ Chiming of bell ]

1144
00:54:46,650 --> 00:54:51,254
Cameron:
DISTRACTIBLE IS D-I-S-T-R-A-C-T-I-B-L-E.

1145
00:54:52,255 --> 00:54:53,256
[ Applause ]

1146
00:54:53,256 --> 00:54:54,257
Interviewer:
HOW YOU FEELING?

1147
00:54:54,257 --> 00:54:55,758
FINE.

1148
00:54:55,759 --> 00:54:57,260
JUST KIND OF ANNOYED.

1149
00:54:57,260 --> 00:54:58,261
I WAS SURPRISED
THAT...

1150
00:54:58,261 --> 00:55:00,263
THAT AN EASIER
WORD GOT HIM

1151
00:55:00,263 --> 00:55:03,766
AFTER PRACTICING
THOSE REAL LONG JAW-BREAKER WORDS.

1152
00:55:03,767 --> 00:55:05,869
I THINK
TED'S GOT THE ADVANTAGE

1153
00:55:05,869 --> 00:55:09,973
OF PARENTS THAT
THINK IT'S GREAT THAT HE'S HERE, IRREGARDLESS.

1154
00:55:09,973 --> 00:55:11,774
HE'S A CHAMP IN MY EYES.

1155
00:55:11,775 --> 00:55:13,777
I STILL THINK
HE SPELLED IT RIGHT.

1156
00:55:19,983 --> 00:55:20,984
"WHEEDLE."

1157
00:55:22,686 --> 00:55:24,287
"WHEEDLE."

1158
00:55:24,287 --> 00:55:25,788
WHEEDLE?

1159
00:55:25,789 --> 00:55:27,290
"WHEEDLE"
OR <i>WHEEDLE.</i>

1160
00:55:29,292 --> 00:55:30,793
Angela:
WHEEDLE...

1161
00:55:31,995 --> 00:55:33,196
WHEEDLE...

1162
00:55:33,196 --> 00:55:35,598
IF I WIN THE
NATIONAL SPELLING BEE,

1163
00:55:35,598 --> 00:55:39,201
OH MAN, I'D
BE... ECSTATIC.

1164
00:55:39,202 --> 00:55:40,703
I WOULD LIKE
FOR HER TO...

1165
00:55:40,704 --> 00:55:42,706
TO BE SATISFIED WITH
WHATEVER PLACE SHE GETS.

1166
00:55:42,706 --> 00:55:46,710
HOWEVER, FROM WHAT
I SAW YESTERDAY,

1167
00:55:46,710 --> 00:55:48,211
THERE ISN'T ANY REASON
WHY SHE CAN'T WIN.

1168
00:55:49,612 --> 00:55:51,113
COULD I PLEASE HAVE
THE LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?

1169
00:55:52,615 --> 00:55:54,917
THE ORIGIN
OF THE WORD IN UNKNOWN.

1170
00:55:57,420 --> 00:55:58,421
WHEEDLE...

1171
00:56:01,124 --> 00:56:03,126
"WHEEDLE",
<i>WHEEDLE.</i>

1172
00:56:06,830 --> 00:56:09,833
WHEEDLE... WHEEDLE...

1173
00:56:17,941 --> 00:56:21,444
W-H-E-E-D-L-E.

1174
00:56:22,946 --> 00:56:24,147
[ Applause ]

1175
00:56:24,147 --> 00:56:34,857
[ ♪ ]

1176
00:56:34,858 --> 00:56:36,860
Boy:
...E-R-V-...

1177
00:56:38,261 --> 00:56:39,762
A-I-L.

1178
00:56:41,264 --> 00:56:42,465
[ Applause ]

1179
00:56:49,973 --> 00:56:50,974
THANK YOU.

1180
00:56:50,974 --> 00:56:56,179
[ ♪ ]

1181
00:56:56,179 --> 00:56:57,180
[ Chuckle ]

1182
00:56:58,181 --> 00:57:00,683
THANK YOU, DR. CAMERON.

1183
00:57:00,683 --> 00:57:02,685
Woman:
THAT'S CONCLUDED ROUND TWO.

1184
00:57:02,685 --> 00:57:04,687
AT THIS TIME, WE
ARE GOING TO TAKE

1185
00:57:04,687 --> 00:57:07,289
OUR 15-MINUTE
MID-MORNING BREAK.

1186
00:57:07,290 --> 00:57:10,293
SPELLERS, YOU NEED
TO LEAVE YOUR PLACARDS ON YOUR CHAIRS,

1187
00:57:10,293 --> 00:57:13,296
AND WE WILL RESUME
SPELLING AT 10:20.

1188
00:57:18,601 --> 00:57:21,103
SO THIS TIME,
YOU JUST WANT TO GET THROUGH THE NEXT ROUND.

1189
00:57:21,104 --> 00:57:23,606
THIS TIME, I WANT
TO GET A WORD LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE PASIMOLOGY,

1190
00:57:23,606 --> 00:57:25,608
WHICH I KNOW
PASI MEANS SIGNS.

1191
00:57:25,608 --> 00:57:27,610
OR I WANT TO
GET A WORD THAT I'VE STUDIED,

1192
00:57:27,610 --> 00:57:30,112
LIKE SOMETHING
NAT'S NOTES THAT I ACTUALLY REMEMBER,

1193
00:57:30,113 --> 00:57:33,616
WHICH IS,
LIKE, 5%. RIGHT.

1194
00:57:33,616 --> 00:57:35,117
Woman:
WHAT'S REALLY SPECIAL ABOUT BEING AT THE BEE

1195
00:57:35,118 --> 00:57:37,620
IS WHEREAS IN NEW YORK,
WHERE WE COME FROM,

1196
00:57:37,620 --> 00:57:40,322
AMY IS CONSIDERED
KIND OF LIKE A GEEK,

1197
00:57:40,323 --> 00:57:42,325
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
SHE'S INTO THE WORDS

1198
00:57:42,325 --> 00:57:43,826
AND SHE'S INTO
THE VOCABULARY,

1199
00:57:43,827 --> 00:57:45,328
AND THE KIDS LOOK AT HER
WHEN SHE USES THESE WORDS

1200
00:57:45,328 --> 00:57:46,329
THAT SHE DOESN'T
UNDERSTAND...

1201
00:57:46,329 --> 00:57:48,331
THAT THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND;

1202
00:57:48,331 --> 00:57:50,833
WHEN WE COME HERE,
IT'S SO REFRESHING

1203
00:57:50,834 --> 00:57:53,336
TO SEE ALL OF THESE BRIGHT
KIDS IN ONE ENVIRONMENT.

1204
00:57:53,336 --> 00:57:55,838
AND HERE SHE'S
ACCEPTED. HERE SHE'S ONE OF THE CROWD.

1205
00:57:55,839 --> 00:57:58,942
HERE SHE'S POPULAR.
EVERYBODY LOVES HER HERE.

1206
00:57:58,942 --> 00:58:01,444
NO, I'VE NOT HAD ANY LUNCH
OR DINNER OR BREAKFAST,

1207
00:58:01,444 --> 00:58:02,945
NOTHING, BECAUSE
I JUST CANNOT EAT.

1208
00:58:05,048 --> 00:58:07,050
NEIL'S PATERNAL
GRANDFATHER IN INDIA

1209
00:58:07,050 --> 00:58:10,553
HAS ACTUALLY
PAID 1,000 PEOPLE

1210
00:58:10,553 --> 00:58:15,057
TO BE CHANTING AND
PRAYING AROUND THE CLOCK FOR NEIL TO WIN.

1211
00:58:15,058 --> 00:58:16,559
AND SHOULD HE WIN,

1212
00:58:16,559 --> 00:58:20,563
I BELIEVE HE'S GOING
TO PAY TO FEED 5,000 PEOPLE IN INDIA.

1213
00:58:20,563 --> 00:58:22,565
SO THERE'S A LOT
MORE RESTING ON THIS

1214
00:58:22,565 --> 00:58:24,066
THAN JUST MAYBE
THE $10,000 PRIZE

1215
00:58:24,067 --> 00:58:26,069
AND ALL THE GLORY
HE'D GET HERE.

1216
00:58:26,069 --> 00:58:27,570
THERE ARE A LOT OF
HUNGRY PEOPLE IN INDIA

1217
00:58:27,570 --> 00:58:29,672
THAT COULD BE FED
IF NEIL WINS.

1218
00:58:29,672 --> 00:58:30,673
[ Applause ]

1219
00:58:33,176 --> 00:58:35,678
Woman:
WE WILL GO RIGHT ON TO ROUND THREE.

1220
00:58:35,678 --> 00:58:38,180
[ ♪ ]

1221
00:58:38,181 --> 00:58:39,682
"ODYSSEY."

1222
00:58:39,682 --> 00:58:42,184
ODYSSEY:

1223
00:58:42,185 --> 00:58:49,492
O-D-Y-S-S-E-Y.

1224
00:58:49,492 --> 00:58:50,493
ODYSSEY.

1225
00:58:50,493 --> 00:58:51,594
[ Applause ]

1226
00:58:56,199 --> 00:58:58,801
"HELEOPLANKTON."

1227
00:58:58,801 --> 00:59:00,803
Angela:
HELEOPLANKTON?

1228
00:59:00,803 --> 00:59:03,806
COULD I PLEASE HAVE
THE DEFINITION?

1229
00:59:03,806 --> 00:59:08,610
Cameron:
PLANKTON TYPICAL OF SMALL BODIES OF STILL, FRESH WATER.

1230
00:59:08,611 --> 00:59:17,319
H-E-L-I-O-P-L-A-N-K-T-O-N.

1231
00:59:17,320 --> 00:59:18,321
[ Chiming of bell ]

1232
00:59:18,321 --> 00:59:21,324
HELEOPLANKTON
IS H-E-L-E-O-

1233
00:59:21,324 --> 00:59:23,426
P-L-A-N-K-T-O-N.

1234
00:59:23,426 --> 00:59:24,427
[ Applause ]

1235
00:59:28,531 --> 00:59:29,532
Cameron:
"UTILITARIAN."

1236
00:59:31,234 --> 00:59:34,237
ME. I THOUGHT
IT WAS RIGHT!

1237
00:59:34,237 --> 00:59:37,740
I DID, I DID, I DID.

1238
00:59:37,740 --> 00:59:39,241
MAN...

1239
00:59:39,242 --> 00:59:40,243
HELEOPLANKTON,

1240
00:59:40,243 --> 00:59:43,746
I NEVER WOULD
HAVE GUESSED IT WAS H-E-L-E-O...

1241
00:59:43,746 --> 00:59:45,748
I KIND OF
FEEL RELIEVED

1242
00:59:45,748 --> 00:59:49,251
BECAUSE I DON'T
HAVE TO PREPARE FOR SPELLING BEES ANY MORE.

1243
00:59:49,252 --> 00:59:51,554
BUT I THINK
I WILL KIND OF MISS THIS.

1244
00:59:51,554 --> 00:59:53,556
Reporter:
...ALL THE TIME PREPARING,

1245
00:59:53,556 --> 00:59:55,558
IS IT PRETTY
DISAPPOINTING WHEN YOU'RE UP THERE?

1246
00:59:55,558 --> 00:59:57,560
OR WHAT
GOES THROUGH YOUR MIND? NOT REALLY.

1247
00:59:57,560 --> 01:00:00,563
I ALREADY FEEL
LIKE A CHAMPION JUST GETTING HERE.

1248
01:00:00,563 --> 01:00:02,565
I MEAN, I THINK
THAT'S ENOUGH

1249
01:00:02,565 --> 01:00:06,468
BECAUSE A
LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN ACCOMPLISH THAT.

1250
01:00:06,469 --> 01:00:10,973
K-R-A-V-A-T.

1251
01:00:10,974 --> 01:00:11,975
KRAVAT?
[ Chiming of bell ]

1252
01:00:11,975 --> 01:00:13,276
CRAP.

1253
01:00:13,276 --> 01:00:19,782
[ ♪ ]

1254
01:00:19,782 --> 01:00:21,784
[ Chiming of bell ]

1255
01:00:21,784 --> 01:00:38,000
[ ♪ ]

1256
01:00:38,001 --> 01:00:40,003
"COROLLARY."

1257
01:00:40,003 --> 01:00:41,504
COROLLARY?

1258
01:00:41,504 --> 01:00:44,006
MAY I HAVE THE
DEFINITION, PLEASE? A PROPOSITION...

1259
01:00:44,007 --> 01:00:46,409
Nupur:
LAST YEAR I GOT OUT IN THE THIRD ROUND,

1260
01:00:46,409 --> 01:00:48,411
AND I WAS ALREADY
NERVOUS BECAUSE...

1261
01:00:48,411 --> 01:00:50,613
THAT WAS KIND OF,
LIKE, MY JINX ROUND.

1262
01:00:50,613 --> 01:00:53,616
EVEN BEFORE THE BEE,
IT'S LIKE WE WERE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH LISTS,

1263
01:00:53,616 --> 01:00:55,618
WHICH WE DIDN'T DO
LAST YEAR AT ALL

1264
01:00:55,618 --> 01:00:58,621
BECAUSE I THOUGHT,
"SHE'S SO CLOSE THAT MAYBE THIS WORD

1265
01:00:58,621 --> 01:01:00,623
OR THE OTHER WORD WE
DO OR MAYBE..." YOU KNOW.

1266
01:01:00,623 --> 01:01:02,825
IT COULD BE JUST
ONE OF THOSE WORDS THAT WOULD HELP HER.

1267
01:01:02,825 --> 01:01:05,828
Nupur:
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. MAYBE I BLANKED OUT,

1268
01:01:05,828 --> 01:01:07,830
MAYBE THE PRESSURE WAS
GETTING TO BE TOO MUCH.

1269
01:01:07,830 --> 01:01:11,433
BUT I ASKED WHETHER
IT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE WORD COROLLA.

1270
01:01:12,935 --> 01:01:14,937
DOES IT HAVE TO DO
WITH, LIKE, A COROLLA?

1271
01:01:15,938 --> 01:01:17,439
WHAT'S A
COROLLA?

1272
01:01:17,440 --> 01:01:19,241
I DON'T KNOW,
LIKE THE CAR.

1273
01:01:19,242 --> 01:01:20,243
[ Laughter ]

1274
01:01:24,347 --> 01:01:26,349
I'M SORRY.
WE NEED A...

1275
01:01:26,349 --> 01:01:28,551
WE JUST NEED
A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION IF YOU COULD...

1276
01:01:28,551 --> 01:01:31,053
EVERY TIME SHE WENT TO
PRONOUNCE THE WORD, I...

1277
01:01:31,054 --> 01:01:33,556
FOR SOME REASON,
I CLOSED MY EYES.

1278
01:01:33,556 --> 01:01:35,057
I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT
I'M CLOSING MY EYES.

1279
01:01:35,058 --> 01:01:37,060
BUT I JUST DON'T
KNOW WHY I DID IT.

1280
01:01:37,060 --> 01:01:38,661
I GOT SO NERVOUS THAT...

1281
01:01:38,661 --> 01:01:42,164
I JUST KEPT... WHEN
SHE WALKED UP, WHOA.

1282
01:01:42,165 --> 01:01:45,168
IF I HAD BLOOD
PRESSURE, IT WOULD'VE ROCKETED HIGH SKY.

1283
01:01:45,168 --> 01:01:48,271
MAY I HAVE THE
DEFINITION AGAIN?

1284
01:01:48,271 --> 01:01:52,575
A PROPOSITION THAT FOLLOWS
UPON ONE JUST DEMONSTRATED

1285
01:01:52,575 --> 01:01:54,777
AND THAT REQUIRES
NO ADDITIONAL PROOF.

1286
01:01:56,379 --> 01:01:57,380
COROLLARY:

1287
01:01:58,381 --> 01:02:01,384
C-O-R-O-L-L-A-R-Y.

1288
01:02:03,586 --> 01:02:04,587
[ Applause ]

1289
01:02:08,991 --> 01:02:09,992
MERCENARY...

1290
01:02:12,795 --> 01:02:20,302
M-E-R-C-E-N-A-R-Y.

1291
01:02:20,303 --> 01:02:21,304
MERCENARY.

1292
01:02:21,304 --> 01:02:22,905
[ Applause ]

1293
01:02:29,612 --> 01:02:30,613
FIBULA:

1294
01:02:31,614 --> 01:02:35,818
F-I-B-U-L-A.

1295
01:02:35,818 --> 01:02:37,319
[ Applause ]

1296
01:02:39,822 --> 01:02:43,425
"KOOKABURRA."
KOOKABURRA.

1297
01:02:43,426 --> 01:02:45,327
Emily:
I THINK IF I GET OUT REALLY EARLY,

1298
01:02:45,328 --> 01:02:47,029
I'M GOING TO BE, LIKE,
A LITTLE BIT OF RELIEF,

1299
01:02:47,029 --> 01:02:50,032
KIND OF LIKE,
"OH, IT'S OVER. I DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN.

1300
01:02:50,032 --> 01:02:52,134
I CAN BE A
NORMAL KID."

1301
01:02:52,135 --> 01:02:54,337
BUT MOSTLY,
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE,

1302
01:02:54,337 --> 01:02:55,838
"HOW COME
I DIDN'T DO AS WELL?"

1303
01:02:55,838 --> 01:02:57,840
YOU KNOW, I
DON'T WANT TO GO BACK HOME AND TELL KIDS,

1304
01:02:57,840 --> 01:02:59,842
"OH, I GOT OUT
IN THE FIRST ROUND AGAIN,"

1305
01:02:59,842 --> 01:03:01,543
OR, "I GOT OUT
IN THE SECOND ROUND THIS TIME."

1306
01:03:01,544 --> 01:03:09,552
K-O-O-K-A-B-U-R-R-A.

1307
01:03:09,552 --> 01:03:10,553
KOOKABURRA.

1308
01:03:11,654 --> 01:03:13,555
[ Applause ]

1309
01:03:17,059 --> 01:03:19,061
"ECCLESIASTICAL."

1310
01:03:21,564 --> 01:03:23,566
WOULD YOU GIVE ME THE
DEFINITION, PLEASE?

1311
01:03:23,566 --> 01:03:25,367
THIS IS AN
ADJECTIVE.

1312
01:03:25,368 --> 01:03:29,372
IT MEANS
BELONGING TO, SUGGESTIVE OF, OR SUITABLE FOR,

1313
01:03:29,372 --> 01:03:33,175
USE IN A CHURCH
BUILDING OR SERVICE OF WORSHIP.

1314
01:03:33,176 --> 01:03:35,678
EC-CLEVIASTIC?

1315
01:03:35,678 --> 01:03:37,179
ECCLEVIASTIC?

1316
01:03:37,180 --> 01:03:38,681
"ECCLESIASTICAL."

1317
01:03:38,681 --> 01:03:41,383
ECCLESIASTICAL?

1318
01:03:41,384 --> 01:03:44,186
ECCLESIASTICAL...
AM I PRONOUNCING THE WORD CORRECTLY?

1319
01:03:44,187 --> 01:03:46,389
Woman:
ASHLEY, WHY DON'T YOU LOWER THE MICROPHONE JUST A LITTLE BIT

1320
01:03:46,389 --> 01:03:48,891
AND TURN TOWARD US.
THERE YOU GO.

1321
01:03:48,891 --> 01:03:51,393
ECCLESIASTICAL?
EC-CLESIASTICAL?

1322
01:03:52,795 --> 01:03:53,796
E-...

1323
01:03:55,298 --> 01:03:56,299
C-...

1324
01:03:57,300 --> 01:03:58,301
C-...

1325
01:03:59,802 --> 01:04:00,502
L-...

1326
01:04:15,818 --> 01:04:16,819
[ Sigh ]

1327
01:04:17,820 --> 01:04:20,322
E-C-C-L-...

1328
01:04:23,326 --> 01:04:27,930
E-A-S-T-I-C-A-L.

1329
01:04:27,930 --> 01:04:29,932
[ Chiming of bell ]
OH-H-H...

1330
01:04:29,932 --> 01:04:34,937
ECCLESIASTICAL
IS E-C-C-L-E-S-

1331
01:04:34,937 --> 01:04:37,439
I-A-S-T-I-C-A-L.

1332
01:04:37,440 --> 01:04:38,941
[ Applause ]

1333
01:04:47,149 --> 01:04:49,151
Angela:
OH, IS SHE CRYING?

1334
01:04:50,853 --> 01:04:52,354
YOU DID GOOD.

1335
01:04:52,355 --> 01:04:53,856
YOU'RE
FINISHED, OKAY?

1336
01:04:56,859 --> 01:04:59,361
THAT'S GREAT.
I'M PROUD.

1337
01:05:01,864 --> 01:05:02,865
THAT'S RIGHT.

1338
01:05:04,367 --> 01:05:05,868
SHE DID GOOD.

1339
01:05:05,868 --> 01:05:08,370
YOU DID
GOOD, BABY.

1340
01:05:08,371 --> 01:05:10,873
IT WASN'T YOUR
FAULT, HONEY.

1341
01:05:10,873 --> 01:05:11,874
YOU REMEMBER
THAT NOW,

1342
01:05:11,874 --> 01:05:13,876
BABY, YOU
CAME TO THE NATIONAL.

1343
01:05:13,876 --> 01:05:15,377
YOU CAME,
THAT'S WHY. YOU'RE STILL A WINNER.

1344
01:05:15,378 --> 01:05:18,881
Woman:
THAT MAKES A TOTAL OF 104 SPELLERS

1345
01:05:18,881 --> 01:05:21,884
THAT WILL BE COMING
BACK TO SPELL TOMORROW,

1346
01:05:21,884 --> 01:05:24,086
AND WE'LL SEE EVERYONE
BACK HERE IN THE MORNING

1347
01:05:24,086 --> 01:05:27,689
TO BEGIN PROMPTLY
SPELLING AT 8:00 O'CLOCK.

1348
01:05:27,690 --> 01:05:29,191
OH, I JUST DIE.
Interviewer: RELIEVED?

1349
01:05:29,191 --> 01:05:30,692
I JUST DIE.
I JUST DIE...

1350
01:05:30,693 --> 01:05:33,195
WELL... WAIT
FOR THE WORD.

1351
01:05:33,195 --> 01:05:34,696
AND I HEARD
"DISCLAIMANT."

1352
01:05:34,697 --> 01:05:36,699
I SAID, "OKAY."
I KNOW SHE COULD HANDLE THAT.

1353
01:05:36,699 --> 01:05:38,701
AND THE NEXT WORD
WAS KOOKABURRA.

1354
01:05:38,701 --> 01:05:41,704
I HAD NO CLUE
WHAT THIS WORD WAS.

1355
01:05:41,704 --> 01:05:44,707
AND SHE... SHE
SAW ME PAINED.

1356
01:05:44,707 --> 01:05:48,711
AND SHE... SHE
SMILED AT ME AND TOLD ME, "I KNOW THIS WORD."

1357
01:05:48,711 --> 01:05:51,213
OKAY. SUPPER.
YOU EAT NOW? I'LL EAT.

1358
01:05:51,213 --> 01:05:52,814
FIRST FOOD
TODAY.

1359
01:05:52,815 --> 01:05:54,817
I COULD SPELL
SOME OF THE WORDS

1360
01:05:54,817 --> 01:05:57,319
BUT I COULDN'T SPELL
ALL OF THEM, AND...

1361
01:05:57,320 --> 01:05:59,822
I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT
THERE IS SOME RELIEF,

1362
01:05:59,822 --> 01:06:02,624
LIKE, "OH, I DIDN'T GET
THAT WORD. I'M SO HAPPY."

1363
01:06:02,625 --> 01:06:04,126
AH, BABY.

1364
01:06:06,429 --> 01:06:08,931
EVERY TIME IT WAS NEARING
FOR APRIL TO SPELL,

1365
01:06:08,931 --> 01:06:11,433
MY HANDS WERE WET RIGHT
IN THE CENTRE HERE.

1366
01:06:11,434 --> 01:06:13,235
JUST REAL WET.

1367
01:06:13,235 --> 01:06:16,938
AND THEN WHEN SHE
SPELLED HER WORD AND I BREATHED A SIGH OF RELIEF,

1368
01:06:16,939 --> 01:06:18,440
THEY WOULD
DRY INSTANTLY.

1369
01:06:18,441 --> 01:06:22,144
I WALKED AROUND THIS HOTEL
THREE TIMES, OUTSIDE.

1370
01:06:22,144 --> 01:06:24,646
RIGHT BEFORE SHE
GOT READY TO SPELL, I WALKED AROUND, AND...

1371
01:06:24,647 --> 01:06:26,649
THEN I WOULD COME BACK
JUST AS SHE WAS SPELLING.

1372
01:06:26,649 --> 01:06:29,151
THREE TIMES IN A
ROW. THAT'S TOO... IT'S TOO MUCH.

1373
01:06:29,151 --> 01:06:33,155
I DON'T EVEN EXPECT
TO GET PAST THE FIRST ROUND TOMORROW.

1374
01:06:33,155 --> 01:06:34,656
BUT...

1375
01:06:34,657 --> 01:06:36,158
WE'RE MORE
OPTIMISTIC, AND...

1376
01:06:36,158 --> 01:06:38,660
AND THAT... FEELING
SHE HAS THERE...

1377
01:06:41,163 --> 01:06:43,165
I WISH SHE COULD
JUST SHAKE IT

1378
01:06:43,165 --> 01:06:47,169
BECAUSE SHE HAS A
LOT GOING FOR HER.

1379
01:06:47,169 --> 01:06:48,670
AND I THINK SHE'S
GOING TO DO VERY WELL.

1380
01:06:48,671 --> 01:06:50,673
I DON'T KNOW. HUH.

1381
01:06:50,673 --> 01:06:54,176
I JUST... I'M MORE
OF A PESSIMIST. BUT...

1382
01:06:54,176 --> 01:06:57,179
THE WORDS GET
REALLY HARD AND...

1383
01:06:57,179 --> 01:06:59,881
IT'S REALLY THE
LUCK OF THE DRAW.

1384
01:06:59,882 --> 01:07:04,386
[ ♪ ]

1385
01:07:04,387 --> 01:07:05,888
Man:
ONE THING I REMEMBER

1386
01:07:05,888 --> 01:07:09,191
THAT AS THE SPELLING BEE
APPROACHED ITS END

1387
01:07:09,191 --> 01:07:11,193
WITH THREE,
AND THEN TWO AND SO ON,

1388
01:07:11,193 --> 01:07:13,695
MY FATHER
WAS RIGHT ON THE STEPS

1389
01:07:13,696 --> 01:07:15,597
LEADING UP
TO THE...

1390
01:07:15,598 --> 01:07:20,102
THE STAGE, AND AS SOON AS I
SPELLED THE WORD CORRECTLY,

1391
01:07:20,102 --> 01:07:22,104
HE RUSHED ONTO THE STAGE.

1392
01:07:22,104 --> 01:07:24,106
HE WAS NOT AN EMOTIONAL
MAN IN GENERAL,

1393
01:07:24,106 --> 01:07:26,508
BUT HE WAS VERY
EMOTIONAL THAT TIME.

1394
01:07:26,509 --> 01:07:27,510
IT WAS A BIG THING,

1395
01:07:27,510 --> 01:07:29,512
GETTING TO THE NATIONAL
SPELLING BEE, OF COURSE.

1396
01:07:29,512 --> 01:07:31,714
AND MY OLDER BROTHER

1397
01:07:31,714 --> 01:07:34,216
HAD MADE IT TO THE
SECOND DAY OF COMPETITION,

1398
01:07:34,216 --> 01:07:37,118
GOT A WORD THAT HE
UNFORTUNATELY MISSPELLED,

1399
01:07:37,119 --> 01:07:39,621
AND THAT REALLY
BROKE MY MOTHER UP

1400
01:07:39,622 --> 01:07:41,123
AND SHE WAS CRYING
IN THE BALCONY.

1401
01:07:41,123 --> 01:07:43,625
AND I TRIED TO COMFORT
HER AND I TOLD HER,

1402
01:07:43,626 --> 01:07:46,128
"MOM DON'T WORRY. I'LL
WIN IT FOR YOU SOME DAY."

1403
01:07:49,131 --> 01:07:50,932
1985, I WAS SO
FOCUSED ON THIS

1404
01:07:50,933 --> 01:07:55,437
THAT THEY ACTUALLY SELECTED
FOUR PEOPLE TO LAY A WREATH

1405
01:07:55,438 --> 01:07:56,939
AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY

1406
01:07:56,939 --> 01:07:58,941
AT THE TOMB OF THE
UNKNOWN SOLDIER.

1407
01:07:58,941 --> 01:08:01,944
AND SO THEY CALLED ME
A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE THE CHAMPIONSHIP

1408
01:08:01,944 --> 01:08:03,946
AND THEY SAID, "HEY,"
YOU KNOW, "YOU'VE BEEN SELECTED.

1409
01:08:03,946 --> 01:08:07,449
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE
THERE AS PART OF THIS?"

1410
01:08:07,450 --> 01:08:08,951
I DIDN'T EVEN
ASK MY PARENTS.

1411
01:08:08,951 --> 01:08:10,452
I'M LIKE, "NO.
I GOTTA STUDY."

1412
01:08:12,655 --> 01:08:15,958
IT'S AN EXTREMELY HEADY
EXPERIENCE FOR ANY CHILD.

1413
01:08:15,958 --> 01:08:18,961
YOU KNOW, YOU
GO FROM BEING RELATIVELY ANONYMOUS

1414
01:08:18,961 --> 01:08:22,464
TO BEING MOBBED BY
ALL THE MAJOR MEDIA IN THE UNITED STATES.

1415
01:08:24,567 --> 01:08:25,568
I DON'T THINK IT
REALLY HELPED ME...

1416
01:08:27,069 --> 01:08:30,572
IN MY LOVE LIFE, MY
NASCENT LOVE LIFE.

1417
01:08:30,573 --> 01:08:32,575
I THINK THAT HAVING WON
SOMETHING LIKE THAT

1418
01:08:32,575 --> 01:08:36,579
COULD BE REGARDED AS BEING
A SIGNIFICANT LIABILITY.

1419
01:08:37,580 --> 01:08:39,582
Woman:
WE GOT LETTERS FROM PLACES

1420
01:08:39,582 --> 01:08:41,483
THAT WE'D NEVER HEARD OF

1421
01:08:41,484 --> 01:08:44,487
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
IT APPEARED IN ALL THE NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS.

1422
01:08:44,487 --> 01:08:46,989
SO FROM A LOCAL NEWSPAPER,
SOMEBODY PUT A CUTTING

1423
01:08:46,989 --> 01:08:51,493
IN AN ENVELOPE AND
THEN ADDRESSED IT TO BALU NATARAJAN:

1424
01:08:51,494 --> 01:08:53,996
"HE WON THE NATIONAL
SPELLING BEE."

1425
01:08:53,996 --> 01:08:55,697
PEOPLE ALWAYS
KNEW ABOUT IT.

1426
01:08:55,698 --> 01:08:58,200
"OH, SHE'S THE GIRL THAT
WON THE SPELLING BEE."

1427
01:08:58,200 --> 01:09:00,202
AND IT'S CERTAINLY
SOMETHING

1428
01:09:00,202 --> 01:09:04,606
THAT HAS ALWAYS
CAPTURED PEOPLE'S ATTENTION AND IMAGINATION.

1429
01:09:04,607 --> 01:09:06,909
IT'S JUST A GREAT
AMERICANA TRADITION

1430
01:09:06,909 --> 01:09:09,912
THAT HAS BASICALLY
FILTERED OUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE WORLD.

1431
01:09:09,912 --> 01:09:12,414
ONE THING HE SAID,
"THEY'LL ALWAYS REMEMBER

1432
01:09:12,414 --> 01:09:14,916
IS YOU WON THE
FIRST SPELLING BEE."

1433
01:09:14,917 --> 01:09:18,820
AND THAT IS TRUE.
I GET THE... CREDIT FOR BEING THE FIRST.

1434
01:09:18,821 --> 01:09:26,829
[ ♪ ]

1435
01:09:34,336 --> 01:09:40,942
[ ♪ ]

1436
01:09:40,943 --> 01:09:44,947
Kimble:
YESTERDAY, WE BEGAN WITH 249 SPELLERS.

1437
01:09:44,947 --> 01:09:47,849
TODAY, 104 REMAIN.

1438
01:09:47,850 --> 01:09:50,853
BY MID-AFTERNOON, ONE
OF THEM WILL BE DECLARED

1439
01:09:50,853 --> 01:09:55,457
THE 1999
SCRIPPS HOWARD NATIONAL SPELLING BEE CHAMPION.

1440
01:09:55,457 --> 01:09:57,358
AT THIS TIME, I
WOULD LIKE TO TURN

1441
01:09:57,359 --> 01:10:00,161
THE 72nd ANNUAL
SCRIPPS HOWARD NATIONAL SPELLING BEE

1442
01:10:00,162 --> 01:10:02,164
OVER TO
DR. ALEX J. CAMERON,

1443
01:10:02,164 --> 01:10:05,367
WITH THE 605th WORD
OF THE COMPETITION.

1444
01:10:05,367 --> 01:10:06,368
THANK YOU.
[ Applause ]

1445
01:10:09,371 --> 01:10:11,873
THE WORD
IS "BANNS".

1446
01:10:11,874 --> 01:10:13,375
IT'S A
PLURAL NOUN.

1447
01:10:13,375 --> 01:10:17,379
THIS BANNS MEANS
NOTICE OF A PROPOSED MARRIAGE

1448
01:10:17,379 --> 01:10:21,182
PROCLAIMED
IN A CHURCH OR OTHER PLACE PRESCRIBED BY LAW.

1449
01:10:21,183 --> 01:10:23,185
[ Whispering ]
BANDS, BANDS, BANDS, BANDS,

1450
01:10:23,185 --> 01:10:24,686
BANDS, OH...

1451
01:10:26,188 --> 01:10:27,689
THERE'S GOTTA
BE SOMETHING I CAN THINK OF.

1452
01:10:32,695 --> 01:10:34,196
Woman:
TAKE A DEEP BREATH, HARRY,

1453
01:10:34,196 --> 01:10:35,497
AND LET'S FINISH
THE WORD, PLEASE.

1454
01:10:35,497 --> 01:10:36,998
[ Exhaling ]

1455
01:10:39,602 --> 01:10:41,103
ALL RIGHT, I'M
STARTING OVER.

1456
01:10:43,405 --> 01:10:47,108
LET'S SEE. WHAT DO
I'VE GOT SO FAR? BANDS.

1457
01:10:47,109 --> 01:10:49,111
I'VE GOT
B-A-N-D.

1458
01:10:49,111 --> 01:10:50,112
GOTTA THINK
OF SOMETHING.

1459
01:10:53,515 --> 01:10:56,017
Woman:
HARRY. TURN TOWARD THE MICROPHONE

1460
01:10:56,018 --> 01:10:57,519
AND LET'S FINISH
THE WORD, PLEASE.

1461
01:10:57,519 --> 01:10:58,520
OKAY, THEN.

1462
01:10:58,520 --> 01:11:03,024
B-A-N-D-...

1463
01:11:04,627 --> 01:11:06,128
[ Heavy sigh ]

1464
01:11:14,136 --> 01:11:29,651
[ ♪ ]

1465
01:11:29,652 --> 01:11:31,654
...S? BANDS?

1466
01:11:31,654 --> 01:11:33,656
[ Chiming of bell ]

1467
01:11:33,656 --> 01:11:37,159
BANNS IS
B-A-N-N-S.

1468
01:11:38,661 --> 01:11:40,162
[ Applause ]

1469
01:11:46,168 --> 01:11:47,969
I DIDN'T KNOW. I WAS
JUST TRYING OUT ANYTHING.

1470
01:11:47,970 --> 01:11:50,973
BUT... WELL, THE
GUY PRONOUNCED IT WRONG ANYWAY.

1471
01:11:52,975 --> 01:11:55,177
Interviewer:
HOW DID HE SAY IT? "BANDS."

1472
01:11:55,177 --> 01:11:57,679
I DIDN'T KNOW IT.
PEOPLE TOLD ME THAT IF I WAS CATHOLIC,

1473
01:11:57,680 --> 01:12:00,683
I MIGHT'VE KNOWN
IT, BECAUSE IT'S A CHURCH WORD.

1474
01:12:00,683 --> 01:12:01,684
IT'S...THEY PUT UP...

1475
01:12:01,684 --> 01:12:04,186
IT'S SOMETHING
TO DO WITH SOME CERTIFICATE THEY PUT UP

1476
01:12:04,186 --> 01:12:05,887
WHEN SOMEONE'S GOING TO
GET MARRIED IN THE CHURCH.

1477
01:12:05,888 --> 01:12:08,390
I PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE
TRIED SOMETHING LIKE D-E-S

1478
01:12:08,390 --> 01:12:09,891
OR T-S, OR...

1479
01:12:10,893 --> 01:12:12,895
OR EVEN N-D-S.

1480
01:12:12,895 --> 01:12:15,397
AND I FELT BAD FOR
THE BOY WHO WAS FROM TEXAS AND GOT "YENTA."

1481
01:12:15,397 --> 01:12:16,998
"YENTA."

1482
01:12:16,999 --> 01:12:18,000
YENTA?

1483
01:12:20,602 --> 01:12:22,604
...OR EVEN D-Z. SOMETHING.

1484
01:12:22,604 --> 01:12:26,107
BUT FOR SOME REASON,
I DIDN'T TAKE ANY OF THOSE...

1485
01:12:26,108 --> 01:12:28,610
WELL, YOU CAN'T REALLY
CALL THEM GOOD IDEAS.

1486
01:12:28,610 --> 01:12:31,112
AND I WENT WITH... BUT I
WENT WITH THE WORST IDEA,

1487
01:12:31,113 --> 01:12:33,615
WHICH WAS D-S,
AND I GOT OUT.

1488
01:12:33,615 --> 01:12:34,616
I GOT OUT.

1489
01:12:34,616 --> 01:12:36,618
BUT STILL, HE DID
PRONOUNCE IT WRONG

1490
01:12:36,618 --> 01:12:38,620
EVEN THOUGH I DID
MAKE MY WORST GUESS.

1491
01:12:38,620 --> 01:12:52,734
[ ♪ ]

1492
01:12:52,735 --> 01:12:53,736
"DARJEELING."

1493
01:12:55,137 --> 01:12:57,139
CAN I HAVE THE
ETYMOLOGY, PLEASE?

1494
01:12:57,139 --> 01:12:58,640
IT'S FROM A...

1495
01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:01,142
BENGALI
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME.

1496
01:13:01,143 --> 01:13:03,445
Neil:
DARJEELY?

1497
01:13:03,445 --> 01:13:04,946
Woman:
SAY IT TOWARD US AGAIN, NEIL.

1498
01:13:04,947 --> 01:13:06,448
DARJEELY.

1499
01:13:06,448 --> 01:13:07,949
Woman:
SLOW DOWN THE ENDING.

1500
01:13:07,950 --> 01:13:09,451
DAR-JEELY.

1501
01:13:09,451 --> 01:13:13,455
Cameron:
NO. <i>DARJEELING.</i>

1502
01:13:13,455 --> 01:13:14,456
DARJEELING.

1503
01:13:16,658 --> 01:13:18,159
Neil:
SO THIS IS A NOUN.

1504
01:13:18,160 --> 01:13:19,661
Cameron:
A NOUN.

1505
01:13:20,863 --> 01:13:22,865
CAN YOU PRONOUNCE THE
WORD AGAIN, PLEASE?

1506
01:13:24,366 --> 01:13:26,267
"DARJEELING."

1507
01:13:26,268 --> 01:13:29,271
Neil:
THIS IS THE LAST SPELLING BEE I'M EVER GOING TO GO TO.

1508
01:13:29,271 --> 01:13:30,572
AND SO, IT WOULD FEEL GOOD

1509
01:13:30,572 --> 01:13:33,074
TO COME OUT SUCCESSFUL
AT THE LAST ONE.

1510
01:13:33,075 --> 01:13:35,577
BUT...

1511
01:13:35,577 --> 01:13:40,582
I'M STILL HAPPY
IF I GO INTO THE COMFORT ROOM AND...

1512
01:13:40,582 --> 01:13:43,084
AND AT LEAST IN, LIKE,
ONE OF THE HIGHER ROUNDS.

1513
01:13:43,085 --> 01:13:45,487
AFTER NEIL FINISHES
THIS SPELLING BEE

1514
01:13:45,487 --> 01:13:46,988
AND AFTER HE'S DONE
WITH ALL THIS,

1515
01:13:46,989 --> 01:13:48,991
AT LEAST HE'LL HAVE
FOND MEMORIES OF WHAT...

1516
01:13:48,991 --> 01:13:51,994
WHAT IT WAS TO
STRIVE FOR SOMETHING THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT

1517
01:13:51,994 --> 01:13:55,497
AND TO KEEP YOUR
MIND FOCUSED, WHETHER YOU SUCCEED OR NOT.

1518
01:13:55,497 --> 01:13:57,499
YOU STILL CONTINUE TO
STRIVE IN OTHER THINGS.

1519
01:13:59,301 --> 01:14:00,802
DARJEELING...

1520
01:14:02,805 --> 01:14:03,806
[ Sighing ]

1521
01:14:08,310 --> 01:14:09,311
D-...

1522
01:14:11,313 --> 01:14:12,314
A-...

1523
01:14:14,817 --> 01:14:15,818
R-...

1524
01:14:21,323 --> 01:14:22,824
J-...

1525
01:14:22,825 --> 01:14:26,328
E-E-...

1526
01:14:26,328 --> 01:14:28,330
L-I-...

1527
01:14:30,632 --> 01:14:31,633
N-...

1528
01:14:35,137 --> 01:14:37,139
G. DARJEELING.

1529
01:14:37,139 --> 01:14:38,740
[ Applause ]

1530
01:14:45,547 --> 01:14:50,051
[ ♪ ]

1531
01:14:50,052 --> 01:14:51,053
VIANT?

1532
01:14:52,354 --> 01:14:54,356
Suzanne:
I DON'T THINK I'D REMEMBER ANY LETTERS.

1533
01:14:54,356 --> 01:14:55,457
I MEAN, IT'S LIKE...

1534
01:14:55,457 --> 01:14:57,459
I SIT THERE
WITH THE CAMERA SO NERVOUS.

1535
01:14:57,459 --> 01:14:58,460
AND DON'T TAKE
ANY PICTURES.

1536
01:14:58,460 --> 01:14:59,961
IT'S LIKE,
I'M, LIKE...

1537
01:14:59,962 --> 01:15:01,763
PARALYSED
BY SEEING HER AT THE MIC.

1538
01:15:01,763 --> 01:15:04,265
YOU CAN KNOW EVERY SINGLE
WORD IN A ROUND BUT ONE

1539
01:15:04,266 --> 01:15:05,767
AND GET THAT ONE.

1540
01:15:05,767 --> 01:15:06,968
IT'S STATISTICAL.

1541
01:15:06,969 --> 01:15:07,970
I MEAN, YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO DO WELL

1542
01:15:07,970 --> 01:15:09,471
WITHOUT HAVING TRAINED.

1543
01:15:11,673 --> 01:15:12,674
IS IT FROM FRENCH?

1544
01:15:14,276 --> 01:15:17,379
YEAH, LATIN,
BUT FROM FRENCH TO US.

1545
01:15:17,379 --> 01:15:19,881
FROM THE FRENCH WORD
<i>VIANDE,</i> MEANING MEAT?

1546
01:15:20,883 --> 01:15:21,884
Man:
YES.

1547
01:15:21,884 --> 01:15:23,385
VIAND:

1548
01:15:23,385 --> 01:15:26,388
V-I-A-N-D.

1549
01:15:26,388 --> 01:15:28,089
VIAND.

1550
01:15:28,090 --> 01:15:29,591
[ Applause ]

1551
01:15:32,794 --> 01:15:33,795
Cameron:
"PALIMPSEST."

1552
01:15:35,197 --> 01:15:36,698
PALIMPSEST.

1553
01:15:36,698 --> 01:15:38,199
AM I PRONOUNCING
IT CORRECTLY?

1554
01:15:38,200 --> 01:15:39,601
PALIMPSEST?

1555
01:15:44,206 --> 01:15:45,707
Parag:
THIS IS NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN LIFE

1556
01:15:45,707 --> 01:15:48,009
TO BE A BEST SPELLER
IN THE WORLD.

1557
01:15:48,010 --> 01:15:50,312
IN YOUR SPARE TIME, IF
YOU CAN DO THE SPELLING

1558
01:15:50,312 --> 01:15:51,813
AND THEN DO WELL,
THAT'S GOOD.

1559
01:15:51,813 --> 01:15:53,314
OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW,
IT'S NOT THAT IMPORTANT.

1560
01:15:53,315 --> 01:15:55,216
Sid:
WELL, SHE HAD THOSE WORDS DOWN.

1561
01:15:55,217 --> 01:15:57,219
SHE WAS DETERMINED
TO COME BACK THIS YEAR.

1562
01:15:57,219 --> 01:15:59,020
COME BACK.
SHE WANTED TO GO THE WHOLE WAY.

1563
01:15:59,021 --> 01:16:01,023
PALIMPSEST:

1564
01:16:01,023 --> 01:16:07,029
P-A-L-I-M-P-S-E-S-T.

1565
01:16:07,029 --> 01:16:08,330
PALIMPSEST.

1566
01:16:08,330 --> 01:16:10,732
[ Applause ]

1567
01:16:14,236 --> 01:16:15,737
"ALEGAR."

1568
01:16:15,737 --> 01:16:17,438
ALEGAR?

1569
01:16:17,439 --> 01:16:18,940
CAN I HAVE THE
LANGUAGE OF ORIGIN?

1570
01:16:18,941 --> 01:16:20,442
LATIN.

1571
01:16:20,442 --> 01:16:21,943
ALEGAR:

1572
01:16:21,944 --> 01:16:25,447
A-L-E-G-A-R.

1573
01:16:26,949 --> 01:16:28,951
[ Applause ]

1574
01:16:35,157 --> 01:16:37,159
[ Whispering ]
I COULD TELL BY HER...

1575
01:16:37,159 --> 01:16:40,662
HER FLAIR, WHATEVER
YOU CAN CALL THAT,

1576
01:16:40,662 --> 01:16:43,164
THAT SHE STUDIED
THAT WORD.

1577
01:16:43,165 --> 01:16:44,666
YES.

1578
01:16:44,666 --> 01:16:46,668
[ Whispering ]
YES.

1579
01:16:46,668 --> 01:16:47,669
I DID TOO.

1580
01:16:49,671 --> 01:16:51,172
BEE HAPPY.

1581
01:16:51,173 --> 01:16:52,674
B-E-E.

1582
01:16:52,674 --> 01:16:54,776
Kimble:
THIS CONCLUDES ROUND FOUR.

1583
01:16:54,776 --> 01:16:57,278
THERE ARE 48
SPELLERS REMAINING.

1584
01:16:57,279 --> 01:16:59,881
AT THIS TIME WE ARE
GOING TO TAKE OUR BREAK.

1585
01:16:59,881 --> 01:17:03,584
YOU NEED TO LEAVE
YOUR PLACARDS ON YOUR CHAIRS, SPELLERS,

1586
01:17:03,585 --> 01:17:07,589
AND YOU NEED TO BE
BACK PROMPTLY AT 11:50

1587
01:17:07,589 --> 01:17:11,993
IN TIME FOR THE
12:00 O'CLOCK ESPN LIVE BROADCAST.

1588
01:17:11,994 --> 01:17:13,195
[ Yelps of excitement ]

1589
01:17:25,807 --> 01:17:27,308
Male commentator:
WELCOME TO WASHINGTON, D. C.

1590
01:17:27,309 --> 01:17:30,812
FOR THE 72nd ANNUAL
SCRIPPS HOWARD NATIONAL SPELLING BEE.

1591
01:17:30,812 --> 01:17:32,814
WE'RE AT THE
GRAND HYATT HOTEL

1592
01:17:32,814 --> 01:17:37,318
WHERE YESTERDAY
249 SPELLERS BEGAN COMPETITION.

1593
01:17:37,319 --> 01:17:39,821
THROUGH THE FIRST
3 ROUNDS, OVERNIGHT, 104 SURVIVED.

1594
01:17:39,821 --> 01:17:42,323
WE'RE NOW IN
THE 5th ROUND.

1595
01:17:42,324 --> 01:17:44,326
THERE ARE 46
SPELLERS REMAINING.

1596
01:17:44,326 --> 01:17:47,829
WELL, IT'S AS
DIFFICULT AS HANDICAPPING, SAY, THE BELMONT STAKES.

1597
01:17:47,829 --> 01:17:49,831
BUT CAN YOU
GIVE ME A COUPLE OF PEOPLE TO WATCH TODAY?

1598
01:17:49,831 --> 01:17:51,332
I DO HAVE
A COUPLE FAVOURITES TODAY.

1599
01:17:51,333 --> 01:17:52,834
LET'S WATCH FOR
EMILY STAGG.

1600
01:17:52,834 --> 01:17:54,335
SHE'S FROM CONNECTICUT,

1601
01:17:54,336 --> 01:17:56,838
AND SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB
WITH FOREIGN LANGUAGES,

1602
01:17:56,838 --> 01:17:58,239
WHICH HELPS A LOT
WITH SPELLING.

1603
01:17:58,240 --> 01:18:00,242
AND THIS IS HER
THIRD VISIT HERE.

1604
01:18:00,242 --> 01:18:02,744
MY OTHER FAVOURITE
IS GEORGE THAMPY.

1605
01:18:02,744 --> 01:18:05,847
HE'S FROM MISSOURI AND HE
PLACED FOURTH LAST YEAR.

1606
01:18:05,847 --> 01:18:09,050
HE'S HOME-SCHOOLED AND
HE SEEMS TO STUDY SPELLING AROUND THE CLOCK.

1607
01:18:09,951 --> 01:18:12,053
I'D PUT MY MONEY
ON GEORGIE.

1608
01:18:12,054 --> 01:18:13,955
HE WAS IN THE
TOP FIVE LAST YEAR,

1609
01:18:13,955 --> 01:18:17,758
AND HE HAD A VERY
GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORDS.

1610
01:18:17,759 --> 01:18:20,261
I MEAN, YOU COULD TELL
THIS KID WAS PROCESSING THE INFORMATION.

1611
01:18:20,262 --> 01:18:24,266
I THINK THAT
GEORGE THAMPY WILL DO... PROBABLY DO WELL.

1612
01:18:24,266 --> 01:18:25,767
HE WAS INCREDIBLE
LAST YEAR.

1613
01:18:25,767 --> 01:18:28,770
HE REMEMBERS
EVERYTHING HE STUDIED

1614
01:18:28,770 --> 01:18:31,973
WHEN HE WAS FOUR OR
FIVE OR SIX YEARS OLD.

1615
01:18:31,973 --> 01:18:33,975
WHATEVER HE LEARNED
AT THE AGE OF FOUR,

1616
01:18:33,975 --> 01:18:35,977
HE STILL REMEMBERS
EVERY BIT OF IT.

1617
01:18:35,977 --> 01:18:37,979
HE DOESN'T HAVE TO
REVIEW ANYTHING AT ALL.

1618
01:18:37,979 --> 01:18:51,392
[ ♪ ]

1619
01:18:51,393 --> 01:18:53,395
Father:
THIS COUNTRY NEEDS GODLY VALUES.

1620
01:18:53,395 --> 01:18:55,397
WE ARE IN
A BANKRUPT SOCIETY

1621
01:18:55,397 --> 01:18:58,900
WITH RESPECT
TO PRINCIPLES AND CHARACTER.

1622
01:18:58,900 --> 01:19:02,503
Man:
GEORGIE THAMPY IS GOING TO WASHINGTON, D.C. AGAIN

1623
01:19:02,504 --> 01:19:07,008
FOR THE NATIONAL
SPELLING BEE WHERE HE CAME IN FOURTH LAST YEAR.

1624
01:19:07,008 --> 01:19:09,610
I BELIEVE HE'S GOING
TO WIN IT ALL THIS YEAR.

1625
01:19:09,611 --> 01:19:12,614
BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S
NOT THE MOST REMARKABLE THING ABOUT GEORGIE.

1626
01:19:12,614 --> 01:19:15,617
HIS FATHER HAS TOLD ME
ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS

1627
01:19:15,617 --> 01:19:19,621
THAT GEORGIE HONOURS HIS
FATHER AND HIS MOTHER.

1628
01:19:19,621 --> 01:19:23,124
THAT IS A LOT MORE
IMPORTANT TO GOD,

1629
01:19:23,125 --> 01:19:26,628
AND THAT'S A LOT
MORE IMPORTANT TO GEORGIE'S FUTURE.

1630
01:19:28,830 --> 01:19:31,732
Georgie:
THERE'S THREE TIPS I HAVE FOR OTHER SPELLERS,

1631
01:19:31,733 --> 01:19:34,736
ONE: TRUST IN JESUS.

1632
01:19:34,736 --> 01:19:36,738
TRUST AND
BELIEVE IN JESUS.

1633
01:19:36,738 --> 01:19:40,742
TWO: HONOURING
YOUR PARENTS,

1634
01:19:40,742 --> 01:19:42,643
AND THREE: HARD WORK.

1635
01:19:42,644 --> 01:19:45,647
Commentator:
ALL RIGHT. 46 SPELLERS ARE READY TO BEGIN COMPETITION.

1636
01:19:45,647 --> 01:19:49,550
THE SPELLER ON STAGE
RIGHT NOW IS NEIL KADAKIA.

1637
01:19:49,551 --> 01:19:51,052
[ Sighing ]
HYPSOMETER:

1638
01:19:53,855 --> 01:20:00,761
H-Y-P-S-O-

1639
01:20:00,762 --> 01:20:06,667
M-E-T-E-R.

1640
01:20:06,668 --> 01:20:07,669
HYPSOMETER.

1641
01:20:17,579 --> 01:20:18,580
"APOCOPE."

1642
01:20:20,482 --> 01:20:22,984
WHAT IS THE LANGUAGE
THAT THIS WORD IS FROM?

1643
01:20:22,984 --> 01:20:24,485
THIS IS GREEK.

1644
01:20:26,288 --> 01:20:27,789
Emily:
APOCOPE...

1645
01:20:27,789 --> 01:20:34,896
[ ♪ ]

1646
01:20:34,896 --> 01:20:37,999
David:
I THINK IT'S A PECULIARLY AMERICAN TRADITION.

1647
01:20:37,999 --> 01:20:39,500
COMPETITION IS...

1648
01:20:42,504 --> 01:20:46,508
A MORE IMPORTANT
PART OF AMERICAN CHILDREN'S UPBRINGING,

1649
01:20:46,508 --> 01:20:50,411
I THINK, THAN IT
IS A EUROPEAN... EUROPEAN CHILD'S.

1650
01:20:50,412 --> 01:20:51,913
THAT'S
PART OF MY MISGIVINGS NOW.

1651
01:20:51,913 --> 01:20:53,414
IT'S KIND
OF JUST LIKE EVERYONE SAYING,

1652
01:20:53,415 --> 01:20:54,416
"OH, YOU'RE
GOING TO WIN."

1653
01:20:54,416 --> 01:20:55,817
I'M LIKE, "NO,
I'M NOT. I'M REALLY NOT."

1654
01:20:55,817 --> 01:20:59,320
UM... THE BEGINNING,

1655
01:20:59,321 --> 01:21:01,823
DOES IT COME FROM THE ROOT
A-, MEANING, LIKE, "NOT?"

1656
01:21:04,426 --> 01:21:06,428
Man:
I DON'T SEE THAT LISTED HERE.

1657
01:21:06,428 --> 01:21:07,429
[ Inaudible ]

1658
01:21:10,332 --> 01:21:12,334
APOCOPE:

1659
01:21:12,334 --> 01:21:16,738
A-P-O-C-O-P-E.

1660
01:21:16,738 --> 01:21:18,239
APOCOPE.

1661
01:21:18,240 --> 01:21:19,741
[ Applause ]

1662
01:21:23,545 --> 01:21:24,546
Cameron:
"MAROTTE."

1663
01:21:25,547 --> 01:21:27,048
Girl:
MAROTTE:

1664
01:21:27,048 --> 01:21:31,152
M-A-R-O-T-T-E.

1665
01:21:31,152 --> 01:21:32,653
[ Applause ]

1666
01:21:39,361 --> 01:21:41,863
TERGIVERSATE:

1667
01:21:41,863 --> 01:21:50,872
T-E-R-G-I-

1668
01:21:50,872 --> 01:21:56,177
V-E-R-

1669
01:21:56,177 --> 01:22:00,681
S-A-T-E.

1670
01:22:00,682 --> 01:22:02,684
TERGIVERSATE.

1671
01:22:02,684 --> 01:22:04,185
[ Applause ]

1672
01:22:09,691 --> 01:22:12,493
Kimble:
THIS CONCLUDES ROUND FIVE.

1673
01:22:12,494 --> 01:22:14,996
THERE ARE 17
SPELLERS REMAINING.

1674
01:22:14,996 --> 01:22:22,403
[ ♪ ]

1675
01:22:22,404 --> 01:22:23,605
Cameron:
"COSSET."

1676
01:22:23,605 --> 01:22:24,806
[ Chiming of bell ]

1677
01:22:24,806 --> 01:22:26,007
"AUDACE."

1678
01:22:26,007 --> 01:22:27,508
[ Chiming of bell ]

1679
01:22:27,509 --> 01:22:29,010
"MICROPHAKIA."

1680
01:22:29,010 --> 01:22:29,810
[ Chiming of bell ]

1681
01:22:29,811 --> 01:22:31,112
"BEIGNET."

1682
01:22:31,112 --> 01:22:32,413
[ Chiming of bell ]

1683
01:22:32,414 --> 01:22:33,915
"CUCURBIT."

1684
01:22:33,915 --> 01:22:34,916
[ Chiming of bell ]

1685
01:22:34,916 --> 01:22:36,918
[ Applause ]

1686
01:22:40,522 --> 01:22:42,023
"HELLEBORE."

1687
01:22:43,325 --> 01:22:44,326
TELIBORE...

1688
01:22:44,326 --> 01:22:45,827
Various:
NO. "HELLEBORE."

1689
01:22:45,827 --> 01:22:47,328
HELEBORE...

1690
01:22:49,331 --> 01:22:50,532
HELLEBORE
IS ANY

1691
01:22:50,532 --> 01:22:53,034
OF A GENUS OF
POISONOUS HERBS

1692
01:22:53,034 --> 01:22:55,336
OF THE BUTTERCUP
FAMILY, HAVING SHOWY FLOWERS

1693
01:22:55,337 --> 01:22:56,838
WITH PETALOID SEPALS.

1694
01:23:00,842 --> 01:23:03,845
IS THE ROOT WORD
HELIOS, MEANING... SUN?

1695
01:23:05,347 --> 01:23:06,348
Man:
NO.

1696
01:23:06,348 --> 01:23:07,849
I DON'T FIND
THAT LISTED HERE.

1697
01:23:08,850 --> 01:23:10,351
[ Heavy sigh ]

1698
01:23:14,756 --> 01:23:16,758
[ Inaudible ]

1699
01:23:16,758 --> 01:23:17,759
HELEBORE:

1700
01:23:17,759 --> 01:23:18,760
H-...

1701
01:23:21,262 --> 01:23:24,765
E-L-

1702
01:23:24,766 --> 01:23:28,069
E-B-O-...

1703
01:23:30,572 --> 01:23:33,575
R-E.

1704
01:23:33,575 --> 01:23:34,576
HELEBORE.

1705
01:23:34,576 --> 01:23:36,077
[ Chiming of bell ]

1706
01:23:36,978 --> 01:23:41,882
Cameron:
HELLEBORE IS H-E-L-L-E-B-O-R-E.

1707
01:23:41,883 --> 01:23:43,784
[ Applause ]

1708
01:23:53,595 --> 01:23:55,597
Neil:
I MADE IT THROUGH THE FIRST DAY,

1709
01:23:55,597 --> 01:23:57,799
AND I WAS PRETTY
HAPPY WITH THAT

1710
01:23:57,799 --> 01:24:00,301
BECAUSE THAT WAS
THE FIRST GOAL I SET.

1711
01:24:00,301 --> 01:24:01,802
AND THEN ON THE...

1712
01:24:01,803 --> 01:24:03,805
ON THE SECOND DAY, MY
SECOND GOAL WAS TO...

1713
01:24:03,805 --> 01:24:05,807
WAS TO MAKE IT TO ESPN

1714
01:24:05,807 --> 01:24:08,309
AND THEN I MADE IT
TO ESPN, AND SO...

1715
01:24:08,309 --> 01:24:12,313
AND THEN I SET ANOTHER
GOAL TO MAKE IT INTO THE TOP 10, WHICH I DID.

1716
01:24:12,313 --> 01:24:15,816
TO COME 9th AT
12 YEARS OF AGE IS PHENOMENAL.

1717
01:24:15,817 --> 01:24:19,320
BECAUSE HE'S IN
THE 8th GRADE, HE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO COME BACK,

1718
01:24:19,320 --> 01:24:21,822
BUT I KNOW THAT
IF HE'S 14 AND HE WAS IN THE 8th GRADE,

1719
01:24:21,823 --> 01:24:25,326
WE WOULD HAVE
AN EASY STREET, 2 MORE YEARS IN A ROW.

1720
01:24:25,326 --> 01:24:27,328
BUT THAT'S
NOT WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT.

1721
01:24:27,328 --> 01:24:28,829
SO FOR US
IT WAS GREAT.

1722
01:24:28,830 --> 01:24:31,132
JUST
PHENOMENALLY GREAT.

1723
01:24:31,132 --> 01:24:42,443
[ ♪ ]

1724
01:24:42,444 --> 01:24:44,446
Kimble:
THERE ARE 8 SPELLERS REMAINING.

1725
01:24:44,446 --> 01:24:51,453
[ ♪ ]

1726
01:24:51,453 --> 01:24:54,456
WE ARE NOW READY
TO BEGIN ROUND 7.

1727
01:24:54,456 --> 01:24:58,359
SPELLER NUMBER 28, YOU MAY
STEP TO THE MICROPHONE.

1728
01:24:59,360 --> 01:25:01,061
ACELUS:

1729
01:25:01,062 --> 01:25:05,366
A-C-E-L-U-S.

1730
01:25:05,366 --> 01:25:06,367
ACELUS.

1731
01:25:06,367 --> 01:25:07,968
[ Chiming of bell ]

1732
01:25:07,969 --> 01:25:09,971
QUINQUEVERE:

1733
01:25:09,971 --> 01:25:15,977
Q-U-I-N-Q-U-E-V-E-R-E.

1734
01:25:15,977 --> 01:25:16,978
[ Chiming of bell ]

1735
01:25:19,981 --> 01:25:21,582
"REPETITEUR."

1736
01:25:21,583 --> 01:25:23,585
REPEDITOR?

1737
01:25:23,585 --> 01:25:25,086
OR <i>"REPETITEUR."</i>

1738
01:25:26,087 --> 01:25:28,089
CAN I HAVE THE
ORIGIN, PLEASE?

1739
01:25:28,089 --> 01:25:30,091
I DIDN'T PANIC WHEN
I HEARD THE WORD

1740
01:25:30,091 --> 01:25:32,093
BECAUSE I THOUGHT MAYBE
I COULD FIGURE IT OUT.

1741
01:25:32,093 --> 01:25:34,695
YOU JUST ALMOST
CAN TASTE VICTORY.

1742
01:25:34,696 --> 01:25:36,197
AND IT JUST SEEMED LIKE...

1743
01:25:37,699 --> 01:25:39,701
IT COULD BE...

1744
01:25:39,701 --> 01:25:41,703
IT COULD BE
COMING OUR WAY.

1745
01:25:43,004 --> 01:25:46,007
"REPETITEUR,"
<i>REPETITEUR.</i>

1746
01:25:46,007 --> 01:25:48,009
April:
REPETITEUR:

1747
01:25:48,009 --> 01:25:55,516
R-E-P-E-T-I-T-E-U-R.

1748
01:25:56,518 --> 01:25:59,020
[ Applause ]

1749
01:26:05,927 --> 01:26:07,428
Emily:
CAN YOU SAY IT AGAIN, PLEASE?

1750
01:26:08,930 --> 01:26:10,531
"CLAVECIN."

1751
01:26:10,532 --> 01:26:17,539
[ ♪ ]

1752
01:26:17,539 --> 01:26:19,541
CAN YOU PRONOUNCE THE
WORD ONE MORE TIME?

1753
01:26:19,541 --> 01:26:21,042
"CLAVECIN."

1754
01:26:21,943 --> 01:26:23,945
CLAVISON...

1755
01:26:23,945 --> 01:26:24,946
CLAVISON?

1756
01:26:30,351 --> 01:26:32,353
CLAVISON:

1757
01:26:32,353 --> 01:26:38,759
C-L-A-V-I-S-O-N.

1758
01:26:38,760 --> 01:26:40,762
CLAVISON.
[ Chiming of bell ]

1759
01:26:40,762 --> 01:26:44,766
Cameron:
CLAVECIN IS C-L-A-V-E-C-I-N.

1760
01:26:45,767 --> 01:26:47,769
[ Applause ]

1761
01:26:53,274 --> 01:26:55,776
WE ARE INCREDIBLY
PROUD OF EMILY.

1762
01:26:55,777 --> 01:26:56,778
ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY.

1763
01:26:56,778 --> 01:26:58,279
EMILY DID A
PHENOMENAL JOB. SHE DID.

1764
01:26:58,279 --> 01:27:00,281
THERE'S A BUNCH
OF KIDS IN THERE AND THEY WERE ALL VERY GOOD.

1765
01:27:00,281 --> 01:27:01,782
AND SHE'S
UP THERE. YEAH. I THINK...

1766
01:27:01,783 --> 01:27:03,785
I THINK THE
KIDS IN THE END ALL...

1767
01:27:03,785 --> 01:27:05,286
ALL HAD THE
CHANCE OF WINNING.

1768
01:27:05,286 --> 01:27:07,988
I THINK THE
LAST... PROBABLY THE LAST EIGHT.

1769
01:27:07,989 --> 01:27:09,991
PART OF ME IS KIND
OF JUST LIKE...

1770
01:27:09,991 --> 01:27:12,493
YOU KNOW, "IT'S OVER. THIS
PART OF MY LIFE IS OVER."

1771
01:27:12,493 --> 01:27:14,995
AND THAT'S A LITTLE BIT
OF A LETDOWN, BUT...

1772
01:27:14,996 --> 01:27:16,998
I CAN THROW
AWAY THE BOOKS.

1773
01:27:16,998 --> 01:27:19,000
DON'T HAVE TO DO IT AGAIN.

1774
01:27:19,000 --> 01:27:21,302
[ Applause ]

1775
01:27:25,206 --> 01:27:27,408
Cameron:
"CABOTINAGE."

1776
01:27:27,408 --> 01:27:29,910
COULD YOU REPEAT THE
WORD AGAIN, PLEASE?

1777
01:27:29,911 --> 01:27:31,412
"CABOTINAGE."

1778
01:27:31,412 --> 01:27:33,414
CABOTINAGE?

1779
01:27:33,414 --> 01:27:36,917
Nupur:
INSIDE I HAD BUTTERFLIES IN MY STOMACH.

1780
01:27:36,918 --> 01:27:39,620
MAY I HAVE A
SENTENCE, PLEASE?

1781
01:27:39,621 --> 01:27:42,123
LIKE, AND MY HEART
WAS POUNDING, MY HANDS WERE CLAMMY.

1782
01:27:42,123 --> 01:27:44,625
I WAS JUST TRYING NOT
TO DWELL ON THE FACT

1783
01:27:44,626 --> 01:27:47,629
THAT THERE WERE THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE.

1784
01:27:47,629 --> 01:27:48,630
"CABOTINAGE."

1785
01:27:50,431 --> 01:27:51,432
CABOTINAGE:

1786
01:27:52,934 --> 01:27:59,941
C-A-B-O-T-I-N-A-G-E.

1787
01:27:59,941 --> 01:28:00,942
Woman:
YES.

1788
01:28:00,942 --> 01:28:02,944
[ Applause ]

1789
01:28:10,952 --> 01:28:13,654
Kimble:
4 SPELLERS REMAIN.

1790
01:28:13,655 --> 01:28:15,657
APRIL, YOU MAY ONCE AGAIN
STEP TO THE MICROPHONE

1791
01:28:15,657 --> 01:28:18,159
TO BEGIN ROUND 10.

1792
01:28:18,159 --> 01:28:19,560
Cameron:
THERE IS A HOMONYM TO THIS WORD.

1793
01:28:19,560 --> 01:28:23,063
THE WORD IS
"TERRENE," OR <i>TERRENE,</i>

1794
01:28:23,064 --> 01:28:27,568
AND THIS ONE MEANS
RELATING TO THIS WORLD OF LIFE, MUNDANE.

1795
01:28:29,570 --> 01:28:32,573
April:
DOES THIS COME FROM THE ROOT TERRA, MEANING EARTH?

1796
01:28:32,573 --> 01:28:33,674
Man:
YES.

1797
01:28:33,675 --> 01:28:35,176
OKAY.

1798
01:28:35,176 --> 01:28:36,677
TERRINE:

1799
01:28:36,678 --> 01:28:41,683
T-E-R-R-I-N-E.

1800
01:28:41,683 --> 01:28:43,184
[ Chiming of bell ]

1801
01:28:43,184 --> 01:28:46,587
TERRENE IS
T-E-R-R-E-N-E.

1802
01:28:46,587 --> 01:28:48,589
[ Applause ]

1803
01:29:00,301 --> 01:29:03,804
SHE CALMED ME BECAUSE SHE
WAS VERY COOL UP THERE.

1804
01:29:05,306 --> 01:29:07,308
SHE MANAGES TO
STAY THAT WAY

1805
01:29:07,308 --> 01:29:09,310
AND YET...

1806
01:29:09,310 --> 01:29:11,812
MAYBE WHEN WE GO BACK
TO THE ROOM, SHE'LL FALL APART A LITTLE.

1807
01:29:11,813 --> 01:29:16,317
BUT UP ON THE STAGE,
SHE REALLY KEEPS A VERY GOOD PRESENCE.

1808
01:29:16,317 --> 01:29:17,818
SO I'M REAL PROUD.

1809
01:29:17,819 --> 01:29:19,821
I'M HAPPY WITH
MY PLACEMENT.

1810
01:29:19,821 --> 01:29:21,322
I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED

1811
01:29:21,322 --> 01:29:23,223
BECAUSE I ONLY
MISSED ONE LETTER.

1812
01:29:23,224 --> 01:29:25,226
I GUESS I WOULDN'T BE
ANY HAPPIER IF SHE WON.

1813
01:29:25,226 --> 01:29:28,229
IT WOULDN'T HAVE MADE
ANY DIFFERENCE TO ME.

1814
01:29:28,229 --> 01:29:30,231
IF SHE HAD WON OR
COME IN SECOND...

1815
01:29:30,231 --> 01:29:32,233
I MEAN, SHE JUST
DID SO GOOD.

1816
01:29:41,442 --> 01:29:42,443
CURTLE...

1817
01:29:49,350 --> 01:29:53,754
C-U-R-

1818
01:29:53,755 --> 01:29:56,758
T-L-E.

1819
01:29:56,758 --> 01:29:58,559
CURTLE?
[ Chiming of bell ]

1820
01:29:58,559 --> 01:30:00,060
Various:
OH-H-H....

1821
01:30:00,061 --> 01:30:02,963
KIRTLE IS
K-I-R-T-L-E.

1822
01:30:02,964 --> 01:30:04,966
[ Applause ]

1823
01:30:11,172 --> 01:30:13,974
Kimble:
THAT CONCLUDED ROUND 10.

1824
01:30:13,975 --> 01:30:16,177
THERE ARE 2
SPELLERS REMAINING.

1825
01:30:16,177 --> 01:30:17,678
AT THIS TIME WE
WILL BE MOVING

1826
01:30:17,678 --> 01:30:20,681
TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP
WORD SUB-SECTION.

1827
01:30:24,185 --> 01:30:25,186
"OPSIMATH."

1828
01:30:26,587 --> 01:30:29,089
OPSOMATH? OPSOMATH?

1829
01:30:36,597 --> 01:30:38,599
OPSOMATH:

1830
01:30:38,599 --> 01:30:40,601
O-P-...

1831
01:30:42,603 --> 01:30:47,608
S-O-M-A-T-H.

1832
01:30:47,608 --> 01:30:49,610
[ Chiming of bell ]

1833
01:30:52,113 --> 01:30:56,517
OPSIMATH IS
SPELLED O-P-S-I-

1834
01:30:56,517 --> 01:30:58,218
M-A-T-H.

1835
01:30:58,219 --> 01:30:59,720
[ Applause ]

1836
01:31:09,931 --> 01:31:12,934
Commentator:
NOW, THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY MAKE NUPUR THE WINNER.

1837
01:31:16,637 --> 01:31:17,638
"LOGORRHEA."

1838
01:31:22,844 --> 01:31:25,746
Nupur:
LOGORRHEA. MAY I HAVE A DEFINITION?

1839
01:31:25,746 --> 01:31:30,050
PATHOLOGICALLY
EXCESSIVE AND OFTEN INCOHERENT TALKATIVENESS.

1840
01:31:30,051 --> 01:31:33,254
Nupur:
LOGORRHEA. MAY I HAVE A SENTENCE, PLEASE?

1841
01:31:33,254 --> 01:31:35,256
THE PATIENT'S
LOGORRHEA

1842
01:31:35,256 --> 01:31:38,759
WAS INDICATIVE
OF DEEP EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS.

1843
01:31:38,759 --> 01:31:41,762
[ ♪ ]

1844
01:31:41,762 --> 01:31:43,964
SOMEHOW OR OTHER,
IN AMERICA,

1845
01:31:43,965 --> 01:31:47,969
SPELLING, ALTHOUGH IT'S A
FAIRLY MECHANICAL PROCESS,

1846
01:31:47,969 --> 01:31:50,471
IN SMALL COMMUNITIES
IT WAS IDENTIFIED WITH, YOU KNOW,

1847
01:31:50,471 --> 01:31:53,874
THE BEGINNING OF BEING
ABLE TO READ AND WRITE AND HANDLE LANGUAGE.

1848
01:31:53,875 --> 01:31:59,380
IN THIS COUNTRY,
SPELLING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A COMMUNITY PROCESS.

1849
01:31:59,380 --> 01:32:01,682
Dorothy:
WE TRIED TO RAISE HIM THAT...

1850
01:32:01,682 --> 01:32:03,183
TRY, AND IF YOU
DO IT, GREAT,

1851
01:32:03,184 --> 01:32:04,685
AND IF YOU
DON'T...

1852
01:32:04,685 --> 01:32:06,987
JUST ROLL ON.

1853
01:32:06,988 --> 01:32:10,691
[ ♪ ]

1854
01:32:10,691 --> 01:32:12,693
OH, MY GOD. I'M SIXTH,

1855
01:32:12,693 --> 01:32:14,795
BUT I COULD'VE WON.
I KNEW THOSE WORDS THAT SHE WAS SPELLING.

1856
01:32:14,795 --> 01:32:16,296
DID YOU KNOW
THE WORDS THAT SHE GOT?

1857
01:32:16,297 --> 01:32:17,798
NOCICEPTOR
AND LOGORRHEA? YEAH.

1858
01:32:17,798 --> 01:32:19,299
YES. THAT'S
WHY I'M SO MAD.

1859
01:32:19,300 --> 01:32:20,301
I KNOW. I'M
JUST LIKE, "OH, I COULD'VE WON."

1860
01:32:21,802 --> 01:32:24,304
April:
SOME PART OF ME WANTS TO THINK

1861
01:32:24,305 --> 01:32:26,307
THAT I COULD HAVE
GOTTEN THAT WORD RIGHT,

1862
01:32:26,307 --> 01:32:28,309
AND IF I'D GOTTEN
THAT WORD RIGHT

1863
01:32:28,309 --> 01:32:32,413
THEN MAYBE I'D HAVE
A CHANCE AT WINNING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

1864
01:32:32,413 --> 01:32:34,415
Gale:
THERE'S SUCH A THING, I GUESS,

1865
01:32:34,415 --> 01:32:36,417
AS COMING TOO CLOSE

1866
01:32:36,417 --> 01:32:40,421
AND YET NOT COMING,
YOU KNOW, CLOSE ENOUGH.

1867
01:32:40,421 --> 01:32:44,825
BUT THAT'S... THERE
HAS TO BE SOMEONE IN THIRD PLACE, RIGHT?

1868
01:32:44,825 --> 01:32:49,029
[ ♪ ]

1869
01:32:49,030 --> 01:32:51,032
Ashley:
IF I LOSE,

1870
01:32:51,032 --> 01:32:53,534
IT'LL BE OKAY BECAUSE...

1871
01:32:53,534 --> 01:32:56,036
I'LL BE UPSET FOR
A LITTLE WHILE,

1872
01:32:56,037 --> 01:32:57,538
AND THEN I'LL
RISE ABOVE IT

1873
01:32:57,538 --> 01:33:00,440
BECAUSE THAT'S JUST
ANOTHER OBSTACLE.

1874
01:33:03,444 --> 01:33:05,446
IN AMERICA, BACK IN
THE 18th CENTURY,

1875
01:33:05,446 --> 01:33:07,948
PEOPLE HAD THIS
SENSE OF OPPORTUNITY.

1876
01:33:07,949 --> 01:33:09,951
YOU COULD LEAP OUT
OF ONE'S SOCIAL CLASS.

1877
01:33:09,951 --> 01:33:11,953
YOU COULD MOVE UP, AND
I THINK THEY UNDERSTOOD

1878
01:33:11,953 --> 01:33:15,456
EDUCATION WAS A
BASIC PART OF THAT.

1879
01:33:18,459 --> 01:33:21,462
Rajesh:
THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH SOME- THING THAT COMPLEX,

1880
01:33:21,462 --> 01:33:24,865
THAT HARD, AND YOU
STILL PUT IN ENERGY WITH A PASSION.

1881
01:33:24,865 --> 01:33:26,366
AND IF THEY CAN DO
THAT IN ANYTHING ELSE,

1882
01:33:26,367 --> 01:33:28,869
THAT THEY TAKE IN
THESE VERY QUALITIES

1883
01:33:28,869 --> 01:33:31,371
WILL MAKE THEM SUCCESSFUL
AND HAPPY AT WHAT THEY DO.

1884
01:33:31,372 --> 01:33:33,374
WHOOO-OOO!

1885
01:33:33,374 --> 01:33:35,275
[ Mooing of cows ]

1886
01:33:35,276 --> 01:33:37,778
I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD
DO THAT FOR MY FAMILY.

1887
01:33:37,778 --> 01:33:39,279
I DON'T KNOW
THAT I COULD SAY,

1888
01:33:39,280 --> 01:33:40,281
"WELL YOU KNOW, WE'RE
GOING TO ANOTHER COUNTRY

1889
01:33:40,281 --> 01:33:42,583
SO THAT YOU CAN HAVE
A BETTER WAY OF LIFE."

1890
01:33:42,583 --> 01:33:46,386
Angela:
MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE OF MY BACKGROUND

1891
01:33:46,387 --> 01:33:48,389
THAT I WORK SO HARD.

1892
01:33:49,890 --> 01:33:52,392
Jorge:
HE HAS SAID THAT IF HE WERE TO DIE TODAY,

1893
01:33:52,393 --> 01:33:54,395
HE WOULD DIE
A HAPPY PERSON

1894
01:33:54,395 --> 01:33:56,897
BECAUSE HE FEELS LIKE...

1895
01:33:59,400 --> 01:34:00,401
WE HAVE...

1896
01:34:02,903 --> 01:34:04,905
ACCOMPLISHED WHAT
HE WANTED US TO.

1897
01:34:04,905 --> 01:34:07,407
OH, YOU WANT
TO TALK TO HER TOO.

1898
01:34:07,408 --> 01:34:09,209
WE'VE GOT
NUPUR-MANIA HERE.

1899
01:34:10,511 --> 01:34:12,012
I GO TO COLLEGE,

1900
01:34:12,013 --> 01:34:13,514
AND I WANT TO DO
SOMETHING IN NEUROLOGY.

1901
01:34:13,514 --> 01:34:15,516
JUST FORGET ABOUT ALL THE
PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE.

1902
01:34:15,516 --> 01:34:17,818
FORGET ABOUT ALL
THE OTHER SPELLERS...

1903
01:34:17,818 --> 01:34:19,319
SEE, RIGHT
NOW WE'RE SEEING VIDEO OF YOU COMING HOME,

1904
01:34:19,320 --> 01:34:20,821
AND YOU SAID
IT KIND OF SHOCKED YOU

1905
01:34:20,821 --> 01:34:23,323
HOW MANY PEOPLE
ACTUALLY SHOWED UP FOR THAT. YEAH. IT...

1906
01:34:23,324 --> 01:34:25,826
Meena:
YOU CAN GET A SENSE OF BELONGING IN AMERICA

1907
01:34:25,826 --> 01:34:28,428
OUTSIDE OF INDIA,
WHICH YOU DON'T GET ANYWHERE ELSE.

1908
01:34:28,429 --> 01:34:30,931
WE WANTED OUR CHILDREN
TO HAVE THAT.

1909
01:34:30,931 --> 01:34:43,143
[ ♪ ]

1910
01:34:43,144 --> 01:34:44,645
LOGORRHEA:

1911
01:34:44,645 --> 01:34:48,348
L-O-G-O-R-R-H-E-A.

1912
01:34:48,349 --> 01:34:49,249
Kimble:
THAT IS CORRECT.

1913
01:34:49,250 --> 01:34:51,252
[ Cheers/applause ]

1914
01:34:53,254 --> 01:34:56,257
Man:
SCRIPPS HOWARD IS MOST PROUD TO PRESENT

1915
01:34:56,257 --> 01:34:59,360
THE 1999 NATIONAL
SPELLING BEE CHAMPION

1916
01:34:59,360 --> 01:35:02,963
FROM THE "TAMPA TRIBUNE,"
NUPUR LALA.

1917
01:35:02,963 --> 01:35:04,664
[ Wild cheers ]

1918
01:35:14,175 --> 01:35:29,690


1919
01:35:31,692 --> 01:35:47,708