Confessions Of A Spelling Bee Pronouncer
Every March, I get an email from Joan Lanigan at City Hall: The Binder has arrived. The Spelling Bee words are in The Binder. I need The Binder because I’m the Pronouncer. And so, my annual participation in the Boston Citywide Spelling Bee begins with a bit of spycraft—not the Tom-Cruise-scales-the-Burj-Khalifa type, more the George-Smiley-hands-you-a-file … Read more