This Man Can Pronounce Every Word in the Dictionary

Pop quiz. Try pronouncing the following. Ready? Go. Elucubrate. Smaragdine. Scherenschnitte. Head scratchers, huh? Not for Jacques Bailly. As the official pronouncer of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, he can tackle any word thrown at him. He started his wordsmith career as the 1980 spelling bee champion. These days, Jacques feels the heat of etymological battle from the other side of the mic.

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[johnherosalvador]

Spelling GIF is like being neutral country in a world war.

[bernadettelagahit]

Clicked on this thinking he was going to read every word in the dictionary.. lmao

[FURI]

Just as I thought he would stop this war beteeen the JIF’ers and GIF’ers he said GEE EYE EF

[zoranzoric]

As a native speaker of the Serbian language, I never think about how words are pronounced because our language is entirely phonetic.

[MrBlitzpunk]

He could've ended the whole gif debate right there, but he didn't, what a guy

[KiwiOverlord]

This guy must be a nightmare to play in scrabble

[samuelkulvete]

Had Dr. Bailey for Intro to Etymology at UVM. Incredible guy and great professor. One of the best classes I've taken, definitely life-changing

[tim.a.k.mertens]

I really respect this guy's opinion on
Pronunciation. Every time I try and tell people but there's not a wrong way say things in the dialects cannot be wrong they don't get it

[brandonb]

narrator sounds like the badass from every beer comercial

[spractive]

Phonetically consistent languages be like: _yeah, cool._

[xmwgkce]

As a Scripps National Spelling Bee semifinalist, I take pride in being able to pronounce nearly every word an unabridged English dictionary if I know its origin. Dr. Bailly is an amazing person, and I'd love to learn from him.

[cheesecakelasagna]

I've been pronuncing GIF the same way he did all my life (as I also do with PNG). I feel so validated now, lol.

[farhaan._.]

Me: what's the wifi password
Friend: it's at the back of the router

The back of the router: 2:20

[oxbow]

This guys smart. He doesn’t want to upset anyone so instead of saying gif or jif, he says g.i.f

[ChillkittzGT]

He didnt want both "gif and jif" peeps get triggered so he spelled it out as

Gee-eye-eff

[niti]

them: *show the word **_gif_*
me: *sweats uncontrollably*
him: *GEE AI EF*

[KojiTakuuu]

Competitor: o-n-o-n-a-s-i-a
JUDGE: *Correct*

Competitor: "LEZZ GOO!"
2:31

[thepeakfreak]

When this man speaks, speech input updates itself.

[bdidaho]

I like how the narrator finishes by saying "liberry"

[doubleslashkarma]

[hands him GALA]
Oh, this is easy, it's gah-lah
"Gay-la."
My life is a lie