Arvind, an eighth grader at Nathaniel Hawthorne Middle School, won the nationally televised contest last night by spelling “knaidel,†a Yiddish term of German origin meaning “dumpling.†Straight-faced through most of the bee,
The seven-letter word "knaidel" crowned Arvind Mahankali, 13, of Bayside Hills, N.Y., champion of the 86th Scripps National Spelling Bee, breaking his streak of bad luck in past years with spelling words of German origin.
You mix the ingredients, simmer them in soup or water, and the dry, unforgiving shirt cardboard that is matzo transforms into a small, warm bosom, tender and soft. A knaidel is our small miracle of transubstantiationâ€"maybe
Arvind Mahankali, 13, won the won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday after correctly spelling the word “knaidel,†a type of dumpling. Knaidel (pronounced can-eh-dell) is a Yiddish word, derived from German.
OXON HILL, Md. â€" As red and yellow confetti floated into his hair, the champ just stood there and cracked his knuckles, hardly the type of celebration expected from a 13-year-old. His smiles had come earlier, when he conquered “the German curse†on
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