National Spelling Bee seeks new executive director, d-i-r-e-c-t-o-r, director

[pesco]

Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/12/08/national-spelling-bee-seeks-new-executive-director-d-i-r-e-c-t-o-r-director.html

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[anon27007144]

Here comes another doping scandal.

[FGD135]

[Lot_49]

In Italy, “spelling” is not a subject taught in school, because Italian spelling is (almost) perfectly regular: if you can hear a word, you can spell it. So I’m guessing they don’t have spelling bees.

[lizard-of-oz]

Most countries don’t have spelling bees. And nobody misses a thing.

[RatMan]

I’ve always wondered: how do spelling bees accommodate the hearing impaired?

I could probably Google it, but I’m pretty sure I’ve become the laziest man in Belgium.

[NukeML]

Quite ironic that the current director’s first name (Paige) is flagged as a spelling mistake by my spellchecker.