The Hindu : His name spells success

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Saturday, May 31, 2003

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His name spells success

WASHINGTON: A 13-year-old student of Indian origin is America's new spelling champion and he won $12,000 by correctly spelling the word "procourante", which means "a careless or indifferent or nonchalant person". Sai Gunturi, an eighth grader from Dallas, Texas, was among the 251 finalists out of the 10 million students in the 76th Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee on Friday. "Actually, I started studying in fourth grade and then I guess it's kind of like cumulative study all the way up to here," said Sai after surviving the gruelling, 15-round contest by spelling such words as "rhathymia", "dipnoous" and "voussoir". Sai, who was participating for the fourth time, had tied for a second place last year, 16th place in 2001 and 32nd place in 2000. Son of a chemical engineer, Sai also plays violin and studies Indian classical music. — PTI

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