Karlillo to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 11 months agoWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?message-square126fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down16
arrow-up1120arrow-down1message-squareWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?Karlillo to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world • 11 months agomessage-square126fedilink
minus-square@PatMustard@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish7•11 months ago spelling bees are a thing in English speaking countries I think they’re just an American thing
minus-square@KittenBiscuits@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish4•11 months agoAnd there’s a bar near me that’s starting Adult Spelling Bee night, as opposed to trivia night. I think we’re about to hit peak Idiocracy.
minus-squareJojolinkfedilink4•11 months agoSpelling bees can be fun, and trivia can be boring. It’s all a matter of how they run it.
minus-square@Dagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•11 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Australian_Spelling_Bee
minus-square@PatMustard@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoThey do exist around the world but I think they’re something of a novelty. Clicking through to the wiki article for “spelling bee” in general the history is all very American.
minus-square@Dagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilink2•11 months agohttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/history-spelling-bee-180971916/#:~:text=We love bees because they embody the ideal,rather fierce orthographic version of The Hunger Games. apparently, you’re right, it’s an American thing we exported, like rock and Roll and nulcear weapons.
I think they’re just an American thing
And there’s a bar near me that’s starting Adult Spelling Bee night, as opposed to trivia night. I think we’re about to hit peak Idiocracy.
Spelling bees can be fun, and trivia can be boring. It’s all a matter of how they run it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Australian_Spelling_Bee
They do exist around the world but I think they’re something of a novelty. Clicking through to the wiki article for “spelling bee” in general the history is all very American.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/history-spelling-bee-180971916/#:~:text=We love bees because they embody the ideal,rather fierce orthographic version of The Hunger Games.
apparently, you’re right, it’s an American thing we exported, like rock and Roll and nulcear weapons.