Banzai!

[Bucky]

Spelling Champ:nihonjin:

[B]JACKSON, Miss. --[/B]

A Waynesboro Middle School student's correct spelling of a Japanese word is sending her to Washington to represent Mississippi in the national spelling bee. Shakeika Everett on Tuesday correctly spelled "Banzai," a Japanese word for a greeting, cheer or battle cry to capture the state championship.
The 13-year-old Everett was in competition with 27 other students.
Organizers say besides the all-expenses paid trip to the 2008 National Spelling Bee that begins on May 28, Everett also won a $100 savings bond, a dictionary, a year's subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica online student edition and a $20 Amazon.com gift card.
Waynesboro librarian and spelling bee coordinator Amanda Sanderson said Everett is Waynesboro's first state spelling bee champion.

http://www.sunherald.com/306/story/452121.html

[IkemenTommy]

Shakeika Everett

I'll have a harder time spelling that name.

[ttjereth]

[IkemenTommy]