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Elijah Johnson, an eighth-grader at Earl Warren Junior High School, correctly spelled “bibliogony” in the 16th round winning the 29th annual Kern County Spelling Bee held Feb. 8 at University Square.
Johnson outlasted Sophia Valdez, a fifth-grader at Palla Elementary School, to win. After Valdez missed on “aranea,” Johnson correctly spelled “loquacious” to win the round and then “bibliogony” to win the competition.
“I got really nervous when I heard it was the championship round,” Johnson said. “It was a total guess on both words. On loquacious, I almost went with ‘c-q’ before I thought about the word ‘eloquent’ and that helped me work out the correct spelling. I knew other words that ended in ‘g-o-n-y,’ so that helped me spell bibliogony, but I thought I had spelled it incorrectly. I looked around, and everyone was clapping. Then, I started smiling.”
Bibliogony is a noun...
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