This poor american boy gets an irish word in a spelling bee

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1. To be fair, his opponent also had to spell the word in the final round. Though ~~neither~~ his opponent spelled it correctly.

   https://youtu.be/IiddeMSUDd8?t=193

   edit: Buachaill is the correct spelling in Irish and Bouchal in English.

2. Not going to lie, that’s fucked up. It’s not a borrowed word into English, not something you’d accidentally stumble across and in a speed round.

3. Good Morning, that’s a nice tenntanba

4. Spelling bees are the oddest concept. And they’re going strong it seems.

5. I saw a photo of the contestants and I think every single one of them was of Indian heritage. Strange.

   Also, fuck off whoever came up with bouchal

6. He is Indian, our fellow citizen of British Empire.