Did the Spelling Bee Spell the Final Word Wrong?

SPELLING-articleLargeArvind Mahankali won the Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday by spelling “knaidel,” referring to the Yiddish word for dumpling correctly. The victory may have been neesht kosher, according to Yiddish linguists who claim that the correct spelling of the word is actually “kneydl.” Mahankali is from New York City, so he is kind of a Yiddish linguist.

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