Does Jeff Bezos pronounce his own name "Bee-zos," evoking worker bees in hexagonal warehouses, "Bay-zos" like Baywatch, or "Bezz-os" like the first part rhymes with PEZ candy? And what about Huawei?

OXON HILL, Md. — As the final pre-competition meeting of the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s word selection panel stretches into its seventh hour, the pronouncers no longer seem to care.