Indian-American wins US spelling contest for fifth year running (Third Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 5:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, June 1 (IANS) Indian Americans continued to demonstrate their spelling prowess when Snigdha Nandipati, a 14-year-old girl, correctly spelled "guetapens", French word for ambush, to win the 2012 Scripps ... Read more...
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Snigdha Nandipati wins fifth Spelling Bee crown for Indian-Americans (Second Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 1 (IANS) Snigdha Nandipati, a 14-year-old Indian American girl, correctly spelled "guetapens", French for ambush, to win the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee crown and retain the coveted ... Read more...
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Indian-American Snigdha Nandipati is Spelling Bee champ (Lead)
June 1st, 2012 - 9:08 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 1 (IANS) Snigdha Nandipati, a 14-year-old Indian American girl spelled the French for ambush, "guetapens", right to be crowned the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee champion."It's a miracle," ... Read more...
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Three Indian-American kids in Spelling Bee finals
June 1st, 2012 - 8:41 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 1 (IANS) Three Indian-American children were the only spellers left in the final championship round of the 2012 Scripps National Spelling Bee at a convention centre outside Washington ... Read more...
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Bedtime stories ‘improve children’s vocabulary, spelling abilities’
November 6th, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Nov 6 (ANI): Reading bedtime stories such as Narnia or Lord of the Rings to your children at a young age can significantly improve their vocabulary as well as their spelling ... Read more...
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Indian-American teen wins Spelling Bee crown
June 5th, 2010 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 5 (IANS) Spelling 'juvia' and 'stromuhr' correctly, Indian American Anamika Veeramani has won the 2010 Scripps National Spelling Bee crown to retain the honour for the 'desis' ... Read more...
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Spelling Bee buzz at American Center
November 13th, 2009 - 6:57 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov.13 (ANI): Students in north India will have a chance to test their spelling mettle in the third annual Spelling Bee competition sponsored by the U.S. Embassy's American Center in ... Read more...
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Two-thirds of Oz adults can’t spell ‘embarrass’
June 29th, 2009 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, June 29 (ANI): Almost two-thirds of the Australian adults have difficulty spelling the word 'embarrass', finds a new survey.The Galaxy survey commissioned by Westpac was conducted on 400 people, aged over ... Read more...
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50 parcent of Amaricens cnt spel “embarrassed”, “liaison”
February 10th, 2009 - 1:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 10 (ANI): It seems Americans need to very work hard on their spellings, for a new study has found that majority of the adult population is unable to spell ... Read more...
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Indian American teen wins U.S. Spelling Bee contest
May 31st, 2008 - 2:05 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 31 (ANI): An Indian American teen Sameer Mishra has won the 2008 Scripps National Spelling Bee contest held here.
Mishra, 13, a resident of Lafayette, Indiana, sealed his victory by ... Read more...
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8-year-old Indian American kid spells history
May 30th, 2008 - 10:19 am ICT by admin
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 30 (IANS) Sriram Hathwar, an 8-year-old Indian American boy, has become the youngest speller in the history of the Scripps National Spelling Bee even as he could not ... Read more...
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