NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. — Frederick’s Charles Millard still considers himself a winner despite misspelling “germon,” the French word for a type of tuna, in the first round of Tuesday’s National Scripps ...

From left, Aadhya Adhikari and Kenzi Cunningham compete for the grand prize during The Marietta Times Regional Spelling Bee in March. (File Photo) MARIETTA — Bee Week, an annual series of events ...

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Roshini Narayanan, an eighth-grader at Ridgeview Classical Schools, won the Poudre School District spelling bee for the fifth year in a row. She bested 23 competitors in the 35th round of Wednesday’s ...

You've probably noticed that English spelling is not as consistent or phonetically reliable as the spelling of many other languages. Writing English is sort of like one of those computer games where ...

Technology Isn’t Ruining English. It’s Saving It. Why it's better to write 'I luv u' than 'I love you.' Technology Is Saving English Grammarians love to grumble about texting and social media, ...