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An Interview with Jacques Bailly, Official Pronouncer for Scripps National Spelling Bee

An Interview with Jacques Bailly, Official Pronouncer for Scripps National Spelling Bee

Released Wednesday, 25th May 2022
 1 person rated this episode
An Interview with Jacques Bailly, Official Pronouncer for Scripps National Spelling Bee

An Interview with Jacques Bailly, Official Pronouncer for Scripps National Spelling Bee

An Interview with Jacques Bailly, Official Pronouncer for Scripps National Spelling Bee

An Interview with Jacques Bailly, Official Pronouncer for Scripps National Spelling Bee

Wednesday, 25th May 2022
 1 person rated this episode
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Jacques Bailly has been the official pronouncer for Scripps National Spelling Bee since 2003—23 years after winning the bee himself. A professor in the Classics department at the University of Vermont, his language expertise is vast, and talking to him is a delight.

Hosted by Emily Brewster, Ammon Shea, and Peter Sokolowski.

Produced in collaboration with New England Public Media.

Transcript available here.

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