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Co-champions celebrate at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Maryland, on May 31, 2019. The winning spellers made history with eight co-champions, most ever in spelling event’s history. Alex Wong/Getty Images

The Scripps spelling bee is off this year, but the controversy over including foreign words is still on

Sarah Bunin Benor, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

The Scripps National Spelling Bee highlights the richness of the English lexicon by picking some tough entries with foreign roots.
Ted Cruz speaks at a rally in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Randall Hill/Reuters

Ted Cruz’s linguistic chutzpah

Sarah Bunin Benor, Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion

Is ‘chutzpah’ actually – as Ted Cruz claimed – a New York word? And what’s with the candidate’s insistence on distancing himself from New York City?

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