and lives they can t stand up there forever, right. they can t. and we saw that. one of the spellers said, do you know what time it is? and it was basically because we can t go on much longer. they re knowledge is unimpeachable. it has to be time. do you think, for the two of you, but scott, staying with you, do you think the words should be harder. sam told me there is spelling bee shade going around today like the words should have been harder and more words with unknown origin roots. what say you? i believe that the words were as difficult as i ve sfr seen i have ever seen at scripps. and i have seen some bees where the words were more difficult but having said that, think it comes down to are these words appropriate for learning. they become so specialized and so arcaying and you wonder what
victory even sweeter. as a speller, you know how hard everyone else has worked and how much they deserve to win because you re here with everyone else. you re all finalists in the national spelling bee. sam raggah is the director of the 2018 documentary breaking the bee. exploring the 20 year trend of the indian american students dominating the spelling bee and scott isaacs is a current coach so welcome to both of you. okay. so exciting. if your a linguist or enjoy the spoken word or the root of words and sam, you called them the slayers of the dictionary but an eight-way tie. should they have kept going? yes. i ultimately, i would love to see them go for hours and hours and hours and you just crown one winner after, two or three or four in the morning but that is not what we re here to do or see. and i think to see eight kids