Kiwi speller out on second word in US Spelling Bee

Published: 11:33AM Thursday May 28, 2009 Source: Newstalk ZB/ONE News

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Marcescent is a word New Zealand Champion speller Christopher Jury will never forget.

It tripped him up at the Scripps Spelling Bee in Washington DC.

The 13-year-old Hamilton Boys' student missed one C and used a wrong vowel trying for what was his second word on stage.

Christopher says he is disappointed but has no regrets.

Marcescent (pronounced mahr-ses-uhnt) is an adjective meaning, withering but not falling off, as part of a plant.

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