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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).
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( b' o8 i! j' aEarlier 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. * l' a+ w/ m) t" Q8 m: \& W" g
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Anqi Dong of Saskatoon was eliminated in the afternoon's first round after misspelling "nepenthe."
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2 Y5 s! M7 T8 k4 I: ? XSo many Chinese kids in this spelling contast!  |
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