Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for May 27, 2015
May 26, 2015
May 28, 2015
Transcript:
Phoebe: A-P-P-O-G-G-I-A-T-U-R-A. Appoggiatura.
Judge: Very nice, Phoebe.
Phoebe: Thank you.
Judge, Now spell the word you were given.
Phoebe: Hat. H-A-T. Hat.
noun, Music.1.a note of embellishment preceding another note and taking a portion of its time.
Which is kind of what Phoebe was doing in a lot of ways by spelling that instead of the simple word she was given. Only she wasn’t doing it with music.
Would you use the word in a sentence, please? Unfortunately this happens all too frequently in the spelling bee-instead of words frequently used/frequently misspelled they use words that are so obscure that you aren’t quite sure where they came from.
Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
Can I have definition of the word Phoebe WASN’T supposed to spell?
bookworm0812 almost 9 years ago
Here’s the definition I got for appogiatura:
noun, Music.1.a note of embellishment preceding another note and taking a portion of its time.
Which is kind of what Phoebe was doing in a lot of ways by spelling that instead of the simple word she was given. Only she wasn’t doing it with music.
Ratiocinator almost 9 years ago
Reads the first panel
Faints from astonishment
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Give me what i need, not what i ask for.
Khatkhattu Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Would you use the word in a sentence, please? Unfortunately this happens all too frequently in the spelling bee-instead of words frequently used/frequently misspelled they use words that are so obscure that you aren’t quite sure where they came from.
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Oh boy.
Trina Talma Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Reminds me a bit of myself in first grade.
My teacher hated me.
fuzzybritches almost 9 years ago
And here I thought Phoebe didn’t enjoy her music lessons . . .
Mel-T-Pass Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Thanks for this one Dana! Always good to learn a new word (new to me anyway).