Dictionaries are for weenies—13-year-old New Jersey girl wins the National Spelling Bee. Young Miss Close left her Canadian opponent in second with a correct spelling of “ursprache”.

Here at the Times, we spell guitar “B R I A N M A Y”. Or we would, if I let the Interns do the copy-editing. However questionable their alphabesis may be, though, one cannot fault their fondness for the classic guitar harmonies of Queen—which is not to say that their nod (if you can call it that) to said group’s vocal harmonies should ever be spoken of again.

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