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Jutty

17 Jun 2014, 7:47 am

Imagine if there was a spelling bee that included contestants from both the U.S. and Great Britain. How would that work?



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17 Jun 2014, 8:56 am

Well, for ONE, either Brits would have to leave out the "U", or Americans would have to ADD a "U", for certain words like "flavor", "labor", "color"; OR, maybe they could allow for either spelling, and approve it depending on who spelled it.



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22 Jun 2014, 7:38 pm

Hmm...who to put on the judges' panel? Canadians? Australians? New Zealanders? One of each?



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22 Jun 2014, 9:14 pm

The idea of a spelling bee is preposterous.

I've never even heard one of them speak.