As reported in The Hindu:
US President Barack Obama might be one of the world’s most powerful man but he is no spelling champion as he failed to spell two words correctly given to him by this year’s Indian—American co—champions of the prestigious Spelling Bee contest.
“He (the President) is very humble. I think he (Obama) is appropriate for the job,” Sriram Hathway from New York told PTI in an interview, moments after he and co—champion of Scripps National Spelling Bee Ansun Sujoe from Texas met the US President at his Oval Office yesterday.
This was for the first time since 1962 that the annual spelling contest had ended in a tie.
“The President greeted us. He is very nice. He talked to us little bit. He gave us some advice. He also spelled a couple of words for us. Like the two words we misspelled —— corpsbruder and antigropelos. He did not spell them correctly.
But it was quite fun to hear it and to talk with the President and interact,” Ansun told PTI outside the White House after his memorable meeting with Obama.
