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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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4 V. A. k- g; Q+ z% p) C# qEarlier 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. 1 K+ H+ A8 P1 k0 X0 j/ n }
) j7 j! L- _3 q) kAnqi Dong of Saskatoon was eliminated in the afternoon's first round after misspelling "nepenthe." * A! r% Y) l2 G- W
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