Champion speller Chaicharn reigns supreme at NJ Spelling Bee 2016

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Champion speller Chaicharn reigns supreme at NJ Spelling Bee 2016
By The Nation

 

Pimpimol Kongkraingkrai, right, editor of NJ Digital, presents the top award of the NJ Spelling Bee 2016 to Chaicharn Khamkhom.

 

BANGKOK: -- FOLLOWING an intense, daylong battle featuring high school representatives from the country’s four regions, Chaicharn Khamkhon has been named this year’s NJ Spelling Bee champion.

 

She won the final of the prestigious English spelling event at Rangsit University in Pathum Thani on Saturday.

Chaicharn will receive the trophy from HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. She will also receive a scholarship to study English in the United States along with her adviser.

Contestants who placed second to fourth also received a trophy.

 

Full story: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/national/30300963

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2016-11-28

[bluesofa]

Slightly OT already...the name 'Spelling Bee'. I assume it has an American origin, but does anyone know how the name came about?

 

[DoctorG]

17 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

Slightly OT already...the name 'Spelling Bee'. I assume it has an American origin, but does anyone know how the name came about?

 

While no one knows exactly where the word derives from, the “bee” in “spelling bee” simply means something to the effect of “gathering” or “get together”. 

Other gatherings that were commonly labeled with “bee” were: apple bee, logging bee, quilting bee, barn bee, hanging bee, sewing bee, field bee, and corn husking bee, among others.  Basically, any sort of major competition or work gathering, with a specific task in mind tended to get the “bee” label added on the end. 

Your local school might have a "working bee" on the week-end where parents are expected to come along to do minor building works or maintenance.

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[AlQaholic]

May be derived from the English "bean" or "been".....

[bluesofa]

5 minutes ago, AlQaholic said:

May be derived from the English "bean" or "been".....

You'll have explain more on that one, afraid I don't follow.

 

[AlQaholic]

3 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

You'll have explain more on that one, afraid I don't follow.

 

From middle Engrish "bene".

[Laughing Gravy]

Congratulations to her. I presume that English is her second language and that she was up against many first language learners. Well done and Thailand should be proud of her.

[bark]

6 hours ago, bluesofa said:

Slightly OT already...the name 'Spelling Bee'. I assume it has an American origin, but does anyone know how the name came about?

 

Ask Mr. Google.

[bark]

3 hours ago, Laughing Gravy said:

Congratulations to her. I presume that English is her second language and that she was up against many first language learners. Well done and Thailand should be proud of her.

I heard that they let her spell all the English using Thai language.

[Prbkk]

4 hours ago, AlQaholic said:

From middle Engrish "bene".

 

If that's the case, then originally from the Latin: good, favourable...as in benefit, benign, beneficiary, benediction, etc, etc, etc

[d123]

On 11/28/2016 at 8:04 AM, DoctorG said:

While no one knows exactly where the word derives from, the “bee” in “spelling bee” simply means something to the effect of “gathering” or “get together”. 

Other gatherings that were commonly labeled with “bee” were: apple bee, logging bee, quilting bee, barn bee, hanging bee, sewing bee, field bee, and corn husking bee, among others.  Basically, any sort of major competition or work gathering, with a specific task in mind tended to get the “bee” label added on the end. 

Your local school might have a "working bee" on the week-end where parents are expected to come along to do minor building works or maintenance.

 

 

Why is a 'gathering' or 'get together' of bees called a swarm?