Hey everyone, it's Minyeon, grammar girl here, and we have a special show about the spelling

bee and the dreaded schwa this week.

I usually try to space out the special episodes more, but we had an opportunity to interview

someone from the script's national spelling bee, which is coming up, and I just couldn't

resist because I think you'll find it really interesting.

I know I'll watch the kids in the bee asking their questions and understand it all much

better now.

And then next week, I'm also going to have a special episode about one of my absolutely

favorite topics, why we don't say thou anymore.

And I think you'll love that too.

And then after that, we'll be back to the more normal shows for at least a few weeks.

Let's get started.

With me today, I have Brian Seatsima, one of the associate pronouncers for the script's

national spelling bee.

Glad to be here, grammar girl.

Yes, I am a big fan of the spelling bee.

The kids are just impressive and adorable at the same time.

How many years have you been working with them?

This bee coming up at the end of May will be my 20th national bee, so it's been two decades

now.

So, we're going to talk about the dreaded schwa in just a minute, but before we start,

I'd love to get a little bit of the history of the bee.

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