What was the word that Frank Louis Neuhauser spelled in order to win the competition commonly called the National Spelling Bee?
Frank Neuhauser Frank Louis Neuhauser (September 29, 1913 – March 11, 2011) was an American patent lawyer and spelling bee champion, who won the first National Spelling Bee in 1925 by successfully spelling the word "gladiolus." Today, the bee is known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee. He was 11 at the day of the spelling bee.
Chay (given name) Chay is a masculine name. It is either a diminutive of Charles, ultimately derived from Germanic "Karal, Karel, Karl", meaning “man”, or it may be Gaelic in origin, meaning “Fairy Tale” . This unusual name surfaced into the public in Britain in the mid-1970s, with the publicity for yachtsman Chay Blyth. It is generally pronounced Sh (as in Shane) ay (as in May) [IPA: ʃeɪ], and sometimes pronounced Ch (as in Charles) ay (as in May) [IPA: tʃeɪ].