[urq] German word wins US Spelling Bee?

[Cody Forbes]

Buchholz, Steven wrote:
> ... I noticed that too ... since I didn't grow up speaking German I
> don't know if I would have gotten that one were I in the spelling bee
> at that age ...
>
> Steve
>>
>> OK, is it just me?  I mean Ursprache?  I mean, it's great that now
>> everyone will understand I have an URquattro and not a You Are
>> quattro :-)  I guess the world iIS getting smaller.  In case you
>> missed it, "Ursprache" was the word that won the national spelling
>> bee for a 13 year old NJ girl this year.   And it means Root
>> Language. Hmm, Come to think of it, I've also got the Ur A8 -- the
>> V8 ;-)  lol
>>
>> And the runner-up was a 14 old Canadian girl who stumbled on
>> "Weltschmerz."  Also German.  Huh???
>>
>> Ingo (yeah, but I grew up speaking German)
>> '84 urq - '91 V8 5 spd - '93 V8 - '90 V8 (project)
>

I think it's pretty wrong that the poor Canadian girl got the word wrong, 
since IIRC the only thing she did wrong in the word was use a "V" instead of 
"W" for Weltschmerz. The contest is open to English speaking populations 
only, so therefore shouldn't the words be English and even if they aren't 
shouldn't they be pronounced in English? The guy reading the words 
pronounced the word the German way using the English "V" sound, which is 
wrong in an English contest IM-not-so-HO.

Am I wrong?

-Cody Forbes
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