Talk:Spelling bee

message: For the record the link National Spelling Bee was by far the most ridiculous redirect series. 68.39.174.150 05:00, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Redirexion 

message: I changed the intro sentence from "North American competition" to just "competition" and then made the note that it originated in the US and has since spread to elsewhere in the English-speaking world.  I did this for two reasons.  First,and most importantly, the competition has spread beyond North America, as the article itself notes.  It's held everywhere from the Pacific Islands to New Zealand.Yes, the winners of these regions still travel to Washington, apparently, but obviously they need to hold local qualifying rounds somewhere in the home country, right?  Second, all articles on these sorts of practices should note the country of origin, and, in this case, it's originally an American competition that has spread throughout North America and beyond. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.161.29.215 (talk) 19:07, 24 November, 2005 (UTC)
What is the connection between the English languages (alleged) complexity, and spelling bees being perceived as purely American?
04:19, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slight change made 

message: How is the current monetary value of the prize?Patchouli 05:26, 13 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Which spelling bee are you referring to?  The monetary prize of the Scripps National Spelling Bee (U.S.) is described on that page. Vernon 13:48, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Prize  

message: Given the increasing popularity of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, including its now primetime network exposure on American television, many people will come to this page looking for information more specific about the event they are watching on television. Vernon 13:48, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Header 

message: This comment was in s but I have moved it here in other to reply to it.
"really? are there no spelling bees in languages other than English? I'd like to see a cite... or a counterexample."
:This sort of thing is near impossible to cite. It's just not something anything is likely to mention. Besides, the text does not say only anywhere, so it doesn't even need a cite. If other languages can be found to have spelling bees, then they can be incorperated into the article. I doubt a spelling bee would be very interesting in many languages though. English is a bit unaturally inconsistant with how our letters are pronouced. Most languages are spelt exactly how they sound. --SeizureDog 21:03, 22 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I have know Spanish Spelling Bee from the internet, one of the spelling bee other than English.  tatasport  talk with me here 07:57, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  From the article. 

message: Hmm, I tend to disagree.  Polish language for instance is full of words which can
be written in variery of ways, yet they sound the same (or almost the same).  Children
in primary schools often write dictations and dictation contents are
held.  Yet I haven't so far seen anyone holding spelling bee contest -- and yes, the
spelling bee seems alien to me. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.239.57.235 (talk) 21:38, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: French has very convoluted rules that try to conserve the historical Old French look (e.g. et, italian dropped the t in the spelling too, then all the silent vowels that were dropped from Latin words in French, but stayed in the spelling), but it is mostly consistent in my experience and according to wikipedia too, so a spelling bee wouldn't make much sense. --Formagella (talk) 23:40, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Non-English spelling bees? 

message: In spite of the name "Spelling Bee", English words are not quite "spelt" out; instead, different pronunciations are forced upon various combinations of letters, and the number of such combinations is so large that English words can hardly be considered "spelt out". And this is the very reason that Chinese characters are not considered "spelt" out. The truth, however, is that after learning a small number of Chinese characters, you can actually "spell" out the pronunciations and deduce the meanings of other characters you have never seen before. The only difference is that you need a bit more effort to acquire such ability with regard to Chinese characters than with English words. 
In any case, there had been Chinese Characters Dictation Competition sponsored by CCTV from 2013 to 2015 at which contestants, normally high-schoolers, write characters upon hearing them pronounced and explained.
Since its inception, millions of high-schoolers have engaged in memorizing big tomes of dictionaries whose 97% of characters have fallen to disuse eons ago. A considerable number of Sinologists in China in recent years have been promoting the idea that anything that is ancient, or written in ancient books, is great and invaluable, regardless of what it is. Parallel to this competition are competitions of poetry memory, idiom/phrase memory, etc., for which aspiring contestants bury themselves in anthologies of Tang/Song poems amounting to hundreds of thousands of lines. 
Strong criticisms have produced some effect. The Chinese Characters Dictation Competition has not been heard since 2016. 
Events like these, if held once in a while, might be interesting to watch. If they become established, regular events, held annually, or semiannually, they indeed promote little more than rote memory. 
--Roland (talk) 23:40, 29 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Chinese Analogue: Chinese Characters Dictation Competition 

message: I observe the "worldwide view" tag, but what's wrong with a primarily US view of a US concept that doesn't seem to be practised elsewhere in the world?  I work on lots of little Ohio township articles, and I don't see how they need to have any worldwide bits other than noting that they're in the United States.  Nyttend 23:36, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Worldwide view? 

message: I'd like a short explanation of the word "spelling bee". To me, a bee is an insect, thus making the word sound really strange.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.100.53.80 (talk) 21:30, 29 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the word? (Bees are insects?) 

message: I found the line about Ms. Simpson's spelling prowess doubtful, but I'm willing to believe anything.  However, I couldn't find any references to it outside of the article itself, so it sounds like a 'Mr Rogers was a sniper' non-fact.  I removed the line in accordance with the Biography of Living Persons policy.Bppubjr (talk) 15:48, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jessica Simpson, Spelling Bee Champion 

message: Hello, I'm new at this.  I thought it might be of interest that the Micropedia Britannica (v.IX, p.412; 1975) states, "The spelling bee is an old custom that was revived in schools in the Unite States in the late 19th century and enjoyed a great vogue there and in Great Britain.  In the U.S., spelling competitions continue to be held annually on local, regional, and national levels."  I'm not sure if Great Britain still hold spelling bees, but apparently they did at one time.
66.81.71.205 (talk) 03:52, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section one 

message: Spelling bees in popular culture and the following Fictional works sections are filled with trivia that don't belong in an encyclopedia. Imagine Reason (talk) 19:15, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Trivia 

message: Quote:  The Internet is now home to a virtual version of the Spelling Bee, launched in September of 2007.  The Word Cup is an annual global vocabulary challenge for all ages.  Hosted by eSpindle Learning, the event is quizzing both vocabulary and spelling skills in a time-restricted environment. All three rounds of the competition take place online, with increasing levels  of supervision.  Over $75,000 prizes wait for the top contestants in each of four age categories, as well as participants of varying proficiency levels.  Future events will reward those who show the largest improvement, making this an event where everyone has a chance to win.
I have removed this segment as I consider it not encyclopedic but an advertisement.  Correct me if I'm wrong. Maikel (talk) 18:22, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Advertisement?

message: Who knows the winner of AARP National Spelling Bee from 1996 until 2010? And who knows the winning word? I'm just asking because I just found the winner from 2005 - 2010 (to create the article in here). Thanks before.  tatasport  talk with me here 03:30, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Just asking 

message: The current version of the article, mentions things like the existance of national competitions in countries like the UK but IMHO doesn't really emphasise the fact that in most English speaking countries outside the US (and Canada?) spelling bees aren't really a significant cultural phenomenon particular not in the way they are in the US and indeed are often perceived (as sometimes emphasised in the talk page) as a funny American thing. Finding sources for this may not be easy but I'm sure some must exist (I know when NZ newspapers talk about spelling bees they often discuss it as an American thing). Nil Einne (talk) 20:08, 3 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Popularity/significance 

message: The layout of this article seems to be somewhat US-centric, with one section on "other countries" and everything else about spelling bees in the US.  Simply cramming all the US stuff into one section on the country list seems impractical -- perhaps the large amount of US-specific stuff should be split off into a separate article on spelling bees in the US, with just a small section in the country list here that links to there? --Aquillion (talk) 19:15, 29 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  US-centric 

message: I was thinking that the article could maybe use a short section titled "Procedure" or something, that says that ordinarily the people in the bee take turns spelling words in rounds of increasing difficulty, and that it is usually single elimination but could be double, or something.  I'm not a spelling bee expert, I could have the rules wrong; but the article doesn't really explain in sufficient detail what a spelling bee is to be able to get an idea if you didn't already know.  AgnosticAphid talk 20:50, 30 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Procedure"? 

message: This section needs to be renamed. Neither Africa nor Asia are countries. 22:08, 6 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Countries 

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message: 46 items?!?! I'd think 2 or 3 would be sufficient, but I don't want to choose which they should be. Is an "In popular culture" section needed at all? Akhooha (talk) 00:55, 11 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The more I think about it, I think the whole section should be deleted. If there are no objections, I'll do that. Thanks for your attention. Akhooha (talk) 22:20, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
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thread_title:  "In popular culture" section: a bit excessive? 

message: I've cut the dubious "" alternate spelling from the lede - this is sourced to a Google Ngrams search which shows that the phrase "spelling b" exists in Google's corpus, but an actual Google Books search for the phrase just turns up a lot of "(a) Spelling (b) Handwriting" type fragments. --McGeddon (talk) 15:13, 17 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Spelling B" 

message: In a region, country, or community where something other than English is the official language, it should be noted what the concerned language is in the "spelling bee". For instance, are Nepali words being spelt in Nepali letters in the Spelling Bees held in Nepal? --Roland (talk) 22:41, 30 December 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  "In other regions, countries and communities" 

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thread_title:  External links modified (February 2018) 

message: The history section starts "Spelling bees became widespread across the United States during the 1800s". To me, that means the period 1800-1809, but I think it's possible that the writer means 1800-1899. I'm not sure which is right, so haven't edited, but I think it would be a good idea to remove the ambiguity.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.199.196.248 (talk) 19:12, 29 April 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  1800s or nineteenth century? 

message: Where is the indonesia name section on this article "Spelling Bee", despite having such competition avaiable in this country.2404:8000:1027:85F6:2475:7427:6078:D42A (talk) 08:49, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  No Indonesia?