Karlillo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agoWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?message-squaremessage-square125fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down16
arrow-up1120arrow-down1message-squareWhat's some common knowledge that you just found out recently?Karlillo@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 10 months agomessage-square125fedilink
minus-squarePatMustard@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months ago spelling bees are a thing in English speaking countries I think they’re just an American thing
minus-squareKittenBiscuits@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 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-squareJojo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoSpelling bees can be fun, and trivia can be boring. It’s all a matter of how they run it.
minus-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Australian_Spelling_Bee
minus-squarePatMustard@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 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-squareDagwood222@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 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.