In other coverage of Shonda's favorites, Arizona's Jonathan Horton ("He whispers into his right clenched fist as if there may be a person in there who needs to hear the spelling of a word before anyone else. He's MAD, MAD, MAD SKILLED and I love him") is about to hit the NYC media circuit, and is talking the kind of smack that only a top-notch speller can:
“I think this is the best chance I’ve had so far,” Jonathan said. “I also have an extremely good chance that I won’t win.”Four-timer Matthew C. Evans has already won the Reader's Digest Word Power Challenge, so the Bee is just icing on the gravy for him.
Also, an invitation: if you've competed in the National Spelling Bee or otherwise have a really good reason why you might be helpful to our live Bee blogging this year, email me and let me know.
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