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Adult spelling bee to be held in Wicker Park

Name: Adult spelling bee to be held in Wicker Park
Uploaded: 2025-06-25T17:01:00-0500
Duration: 2 min 41 s
Description: Chicago streets were reported to be the theme for the event. So Marie gave Joe and Irika the names of a few streets, not testing them on spelling, but on pronunciation. One hint — pronouncing "Goethe" phonetically as "GO-thee" would have the German writer and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe spinning in his grave.

Chicago streets were reported to be the theme for the event. So Marie gave Joe and Irika the names of a few streets, not testing them on spelling, but on pronunciation. One hint — pronouncing "Goethe" phonetically as "GO-thee" would have the German writer and scientist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe spinning in his grave.