Watching that and Taskmaster NZ makes me think there are like 2 dozen comedians in the entire country and they just run around doing different TV shows where sometimes they’re the guest and sometimes they host. And occasionally there aren’t enough people so they have to import some from Australia.
They started in the US as, get this, a way to sell spelling books to children. Because the US had (and has!) it’s own spelling system, the standard spelling book was being sold to schools around the country and to sell more of them, the publishers held competitions.
Because the US had (and has!) it’s own spelling system
English wasn’t standardized before the American revolution so it’s not like they abolished the existing standard but they came up with their own when other nations did. Australia and Canada fall somewhere between US and British spelling and don’t get me started on NZ. I don’t know shit about NZ.
Pretty sure it’s only the US. Definitely not a thing in NZ
I had them in primary and intermediate school. Everyone hated them except the one nerd kid who could actually spell things.
Don’t you guys [NZ] literally have a spelling bee comedy panel show?
Watching that and Taskmaster NZ makes me think there are like 2 dozen comedians in the entire country and they just run around doing different TV shows where sometimes they’re the guest and sometimes they host. And occasionally there aren’t enough people so they have to import some from Australia.
They started in the US as, get this, a way to sell spelling books to children. Because the US had (and has!) it’s own spelling system, the standard spelling book was being sold to schools around the country and to sell more of them, the publishers held competitions.
English wasn’t standardized before the American revolution so it’s not like they abolished the existing standard but they came up with their own when other nations did. Australia and Canada fall somewhere between US and British spelling and don’t get me started on NZ. I don’t know shit about NZ.