[etni] apropos crazy spelling...

  • From: Ilana Rosansky <ilanar49@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 21:05:52 +0300

We have all heard that the Yiddish word "Knaidel" was in the latest US
National Spelling Bee (and spelled correctly (according to Webster's) by a
non-Jewish youngster). But now YIVO has gotten into the act and said,
that's NOT the way to spell it!!
Esther, you'll appreciate this one, too.
Ilana
Yiddish Institute: Winning Bee Word
Misspelled<http://www.jewishpress.com/news/breaking-news/yiddish-institute-winning-bee-word-misspelled/2013/06/03/>
 *By: JTA <http://www.jewishpress.com/author/jta/>*
*Published:* June 3rd, 2013

The winning word in the 2013 Scripps National Spelling Bee was not spelled
correctly, according to the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

Arvind Mahankali, 13, of Bayside Hills, NY, defeated 10 other finalists on
May 30 in National Harbor, Md., after spelling the Yiddish-derived word
“knaidel,” a traditional Jewish dumpling.

But the New York-based YIVO, recognized by many as the authority on all
things Yiddish, said the preferred spelling historically has been “kneydl.”

The spelling contest uses Webster’s Third New International Dictionary as
its final say in word spelling. The dictionary’s publisher told The New
York Times that the knaidel spelling is the most common variant of the word.

Mahankali won $30,000 in cash, a $2,500 U.S. savings bond from
Merriam-Webster and $2,000 worth of reference works from Encyclopedia
Britannica, as well as a trophy.

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