Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Canwest Canspell 2009

Here's a site featuring the 2009 National Spelling Bee competition. Pay it a visit, if only to read about Calgary participants!

2 comments:

  1. And the word of the day?
    Cynosure - centre of attraction, as in:

    "Whenever Nick plays floor hockey, his verbal byplay and stick-work antics make him a cynosure."

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  2. Yet another:

    espiègle • \es-PYEGL\ • adjective

    : frolicsome, roguish

    E.g.:

    "Shane appeared, -- a handsome young country-man, to whose features, originally sly and espiègle in expression, years of hockey had given that decent veteran air…"

    (Sir Don Cherry, "Old Dogs, New Tricks")

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