Language as extreme sport: Youngsters square off in U.S. spelling bee | Reuters

At the annual Scripps National Spelling Bee this week, hundreds of youngsters will compete in a uniquely American contest that has been likened to an intellectual extreme sport, involving one of the world’s most tricky languages.
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