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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). ; [$ I O/ f, ~$ O8 _$ F3 o
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6 G7 X8 M' t9 ~6 |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. & g' j7 a8 L# l/ F) m( b. x
5 l0 ?: o1 S9 fAnqi Dong of Saskatoon was eliminated in the afternoon's first round after misspelling "nepenthe." ! y- r0 U! L* j8 [# B) V
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