Valuable Word
The marvellous Jackpot No. 13 on which so many crashed in 1ZB’s now famous Spelling Jackpots Session was worth £14/10/- when it was eventually won by a lady who simply flew. her fences as she spelt out " Eschscholtzia " without pausing for breath. The dictionary tells us that an Eschscholtzia is a plant with yellow leaves, that it is also called Noah’s nightcap, and is a word of German origin taken from Eschscholtz, — so the winner certainly deserved every penny of her £14/10/-, She admitted after the broadcast that she knew the word (a) because she was a keen gardener, and (b) because she had always taken an interest in the spelling of unusual words, often looking them up in the dictionary. Many | of us will wish we had read a chapter or two of the dictionary every night before going to bed!
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 25, 15 December 1939, Page 47
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144Valuable Word New Zealand Listener, Volume 1, Issue 25, 15 December 1939, Page 47
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