When Jacques Bailly won the Scripps National Spelling Bee as a 14-year-old in 1980, his first reaction was relief. After spending two grueling days onstage with 100 other young contestants sounding ...

Jacques A. Bailly, an associate professor of classics at the University of Vermont, is the department’s director of graduate studies. He has also been the official pronouncer of words at the Scripps ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Before he was asked to spell “elucubrate,” Jacques Bailly had never ...

OXON HILL, Md. – For 15 years, the Rev. Brian Sietsema sat quietly next to Scripps National Spelling Bee pronouncer Jacques Bailly, just in case the indefatigable Bailly was somehow unable to fulfill ...

The Scripps National Spelling Bee is inching closer to its 100th edition, and Dr. Jacques Bailly continues to be the voice of the event. 2025 marks Bailly's 24th year in the spotlight, but his ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - A new voice at the San Diego County Scripps Regional Spelling Bee hopes to bring more fun to the event by adding a little more drama. "I think it's going to be tons of fun. I really ...

Feeling especially temerarious today? Think you’re a linguistic thaumaturge? Don’t know what those big words mean but still think you’re super smart at stuff? Well, then try to spell along at home ...

After winning the Scripps National Spelling Bee on the word “elucubrate” in 1980 when he was 14 years old, Jacques Bailly Ph.D. ’97 has been the official pronouncer of the competition since 2003, ...

Jacques Bailly on the big screen at the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee Credit: Courtesy of Mark Bowen/Scripps National Spelling Bee Jacques Bailly knows firsthand the intense pressure facing the ...