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Finola lives with her parents and two brothers in Tofield, Alberta, a tiny town southeast of Edmonton. “My oldest brother’s name is really hard to spell,” she says, as if bestowing on him the highest honour: “It’s T-a-d-h-g.” She also proudly spells her middle name — M-e-i H-w-a, Chinese for beautiful flower (her mom is Malaysian-Chinese, her dad Irish). / h- I& |; }$ H$ e4 q4 w3 p- U7 ? M
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Earlier in the day, Jaclyn Chang of Calgary was eliminated for stumbling on "gigerium" after spelling "strabismus" and "sortileger." Leslie Newcombe of Toronto misspelled "dhole" after getting "ersatz" right. ; z; }4 M4 U# ^
& f4 E/ ~1 x$ V" m/ R* ~! D6 cAnqi Dong of Saskatoon was eliminated in the afternoon's first round after misspelling "nepenthe."
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! r: O2 A5 U8 x9 l' i9 PSo many Chinese kids in this spelling contast!  |
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