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Adults holding their own spelling bees

by Pat Coate | June 18, 2005

Cheyenne, WY - It is said that youngsters in the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington never forget the misspelled word -- like "trouvaille" or "odylic," to name recent troublemakers -- that knocks them out of the competition.

"It's adults having fun," he said. "Sort of like kids."

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