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San Jose Middle School Student Goes Down on 'Liederkranz' in National Spelling Bee Semifinals

May 31, 2012

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Update: Doh! Siddharth Kulkarni from Chaboya Middle School in San Jose just went down in the Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinals on Liederkranz. He spelled it Liederkrantz, with a t.

According to Wikipedia, Liederkranz is "an American re-creation of Limburger cheese, made subtly different by the use of a different bacterial culture for smear-ripening."

And from now on, it will be spelled in the Kulkarni household like this:

Liederkranz!!!

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