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Hey, Vanna White is graduating from letters to full words!

She gets to speak when she and Pat Sajak guest-star--as themselves!--on NBC’s daytime “Santa Barbara” May 19-24. “We were looking for a wacky way to marry characters Gina (played by Robin Mattson) and Keith (Justin Deas),” said exec producer Jill Farren Phelps. But the wedding is off for now “because of the writers strike.” So they’re sending the soap couple on “Wheel of Fortune,” where Gina will win prizes and try to win Pat’s heart--while Keith flirts with Vanna!

All “Fortune” scenes will be taped May 5.

Said Mattson: “Money to Gina is what salvation is to Mother Teresa; so going on ‘Wheel of Fortune’ is sort of like going to Mecca, almost a religious experience!”