Spelling Bee

[lucky 2.0]

The National USA Spelling Bee in on T.V. Please tell me why on earth anyone would ever in a million years watch the Spelling Bee???

And why on God's green earth is it called a Bee??? It has not buzz in my ears.

[KatieSmiles]

Spelling Bee

you need to get out more

[ScoobyDoo]

Spelling Bee

:H It's ok Lucky... I need to get out more too! I've been meaning to drag my arse away from this computer for the past hour... and I keep refreshing MWO 'just one more time' inbetween trying to tidy up my office and reshuffling papers on my desk. :H

Thank god it's Friday! OK, I'm outta here!

Scoobs

[KatieSmiles]

Spelling Bee

Saturday Night Fever duckster? will disco never just go away?

[tawnyfrog]

Spelling Bee

What is the origin of the term spelling bee? We cannot be certain, but the dictionary defines a bee as a ?social gathering where people combine work, competition, and amusement.? You may have heard of husking bees, spinning bees, logging bees, or quilting bees. Some believe that the term refers to the insect and that the meaning arose from the similarity between people working and socializing at these events and the industrious, social nature of bees.


I don't need to get out at all. I'm having a solo bee.

[KatieSmiles]

Spelling Bee

lol tawny

[lucky 2.0]

Spelling Bee

evidently!!! thanx for the info


for some reason i bet it bugs the frog to type in all lower case and to say thanx instead of thanks

and no punctuation

am i wrong?

[Flip]

Spelling Bee

Hey Lucky,

I don't know what it's like in the US, or anywhere else for that matter, but in Australia we are taught how to write and use punctuation at primary school. :-)

F.

[tawnyfrog]

Spelling Bee

Lucky - a frog has to have some standards!

A frog finds the indiscriminate use of the following more perturbing than the occasional slipped semi colon ...


:baaah::rockband:inkele::teeter:

[Flip]

Spelling Bee

Standards? what are they?

[tea]

Spelling Bee

Lol, yes I too have standards, they are low, but they are standards.

L

[lucky 2.0]

Spelling Bee

I think it was frog who used to have her auto signature as: If you do not like my morals, I have others.

Something like that. It was funny.

[louise]

Spelling Bee

Try it - you'll like it

There is a documentary called Spellbound that follows 8 kids on their quest to be the national champion. Sounds boring but it is totally charming and heartening to see these kids and their families. What ends up coming across is the value some place on education, seeing this country as a land of opportunity (many are immigrants) and (just a bit of a relationship to all of us) setting goals and working hard toward them with the enthusiastic support of family and friends.

[MonaCat]

Spelling Bee

Well just ask HappyCamper, I could never be in a spelling bee.
My son was in one when he was in 8th grade.
He came in maybe 3rd.
The gal who won could spell amethyst.
By the way, I think being a good speller is a gift.

[Guest]

Spelling Bee

Lucky, you know you are secret spelling bee watcher...stop trying to lie...you watch every year, don't you? I bet you can spell every word too????