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From: Adam Funk <a24061@ducksburg.com>
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Subject: Re: First National Education Association spelling bee (29-6-1908)
Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 16:47:17 +0100
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On 2024-07-02, Christian Weisgerber wrote:

> On 2024-07-02, Ross Clark <benlizro@ihug.co.nz> wrote:
>
>> The Spelling Bee -- unique to the English-speaking world*, a ritual 
>
> I'm pretty sure there have been spelling contests on French TV.
>
> Basically any language where getting from pronunciation to spelling
> involves a lot of ambiguity is a candidate.
> Thai? Chinese??

How do you name the characters in Chinese other than by pronouncing
them?

Also, how do they distinguish (orally) two characters that have the
same pronunciation?


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