from North American spelling bee championship.
Good on her...those contests are tough as heck.
Canadian teen comes in 2nd
Undone by the word "weltschmerz," Alberta's Finola Hackett came oh so close, but finally bowed out of the North American spelling bee on Thursday night.
The 14-year-old from Tofield, Alta., made it to the final but ended up in second place after being stumped by a word the Oxford English Dictionary describes as "a weary or pessimistic feeling about life."