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Our "Strategem" Missed the Mark

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Although Hammock's spellers gave it a valiant effort, their hopes of winning the Nashville Area Literacy Council's Spelling Bee for the third time were done in by the word "stratagem," which the team missed by spelling it as "strategem." The error eliminated Team Hammock just shy of the final four teams, who had to tackle words such as "fermata" and "triskaidekaphobia."

With the theme of "Words and Music," the Bee was packed with musical terms, such as "zydeco" -- a spicy form of Cajun music and dance that the Hammock Team took in stride. The ultimate winner of the Bee was The Ingram Content Group. Congratulations to them!

Team Hammock is already strategizing for next year's contest.

Posted by Bill Hudgins on September 23, 2009 1:17 PM |

Comments (2)

Emily McMackin:

I'm also proud of the fact that we got "pshaw" right; that's a tricky one!

Posted by Emily McMackin | September 23, 2009 5:02 PM

Posted on September 23, 2009 17:02

Megan Morris:

Do they always recycle words from one year to the next? We had "pshaw" last year (the first team to go out went out on that word, if I remember correctly), and I believe "triskaidekaphobia" was one of the final words last year as well.

I'm calling shenanigans!

Posted by Megan Morris | September 23, 2009 6:02 PM

Posted on September 23, 2009 18:02

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