Spelling Bee

The history of the spelling bee in the US →

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/history-spelling-bee-180971916

That these exist might be the long term effect of the Puritans & bible is pretty amazing. Also amazing, and of course it’s true, but there wasn’t set spelling for words prior to the first dictionary coming out in the 17th century. Turns out that the history of the spelling bee is much more interesting than watching it 🤣

I’ve been doing a lot more writing recently to promote DYDit, and it’s surfaced to me either how bad my spelling has gotten, or, how much I’m now dependent on auto-correct/suggest*. I’ve been playing Scrabble for years & years, but all that really teaches me is all the two-letter words, and how to shamelessly continue using “Qi”, “Za”, and “Xu” as if they’re words we all use every day. So, I’m looking forward to completely offloading my spelling brain to AI in the near future.

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