It doesn't hurt to ask, right? One 12-year-old in this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee was willing to give it a try.
"May I have an easy word, please?" Charles Hamilton Jr. asked at the bee. (Video via ABC)
Why didn't we ever think of that? Well, it was worth a shot, but the word Charles was given wasn't all that easy. It was Wensleydale.
But in the end, Charles didn't need the help anyway — he spelled it perfectly.
To us, the word sounds like a setting in a "Lord of the Rings" novel. Turns out, it's a type of cheese.
We're not surprised that Charles knew it, though. You can tell from his bio he's a talented kid. His favorite book is Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina," and he's also an avid soccer, piano and guitar player.
In the previous round, he correctly spelled umlaut –– the dotted symbol that goes over German vowels.
We wouldn't want to go head-to-head with him in a spelling contest. We should note Newsy is owned by the E.W. Scripps Co.
This video features images by Rob Chandler / CC BY-SA 2.0 and Richard North / CC BY 2.0 and music from Kevin MacLeod / CC BY 3.0.
