Queens 8th grader Arvind Mahankali won the 86th Scripps National Spelling Bee Thursday night after correctly spelling the word “knaidel.” A veteran speller, the 13-year-old Mahankali had finished in 3rd place at the last two spelling bees (and became a media darling in the process). Without further ado, here are our 10 favorite spelling bee tweets.
To quote my boy @harikondabolu, tonight is our Super Bowl.. #spellingbee #proud
— Kevin Negandhi (@KevinNegandhi) May 31, 2013
https://twitter.com/Pallaweee/status/340300652729233409
ARVIND MAHANKALI. Spell that, America!
— Anup Kaphle (@AnupKaphle) May 31, 2013
When's Arvind's parade?
— Stefan Becket (@becket) May 31, 2013
ARVIND MAHANKALI OF QUEENS IS GOD. #spellingbee #indiansuperbowl
— Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) May 31, 2013
https://twitter.com/ericp331/status/340299024693346305
Irony: indian winning spelling bee for a word meaning leavened dough. #anti-rotism. @harikondabolu @dapwell by that's a northy talking
— djrekha (@djrekha) May 31, 2013
In 1936 the winning National Spelling Bee word was "interning." The next year, it was "promiscuous."
— Mental Floss (@mental_floss) May 31, 2013
https://twitter.com/Toure/status/340295553533493248
"now im going to spend my summer studying physics"- indian kid who won the spelling bee
— silpa (@silpsgollapudi) May 31, 2013
Along the same lines, I called the Spelling Bee the NBA for “brown people.” It’s really quite remarkable.