Spelling Bee Practice links

http://www.spellingbeethegame.com/
http://www.jenisfamous.com/dev/category/spelling-word-of-the-day
http://www.learner.org/interactives/spelling/spelling.html?s=g11-12 (for the more basic words that still stump the overly confident)
http://www.spellingbee.com/
http://www.spellingbee.com/champions-and-their-winning-words (it is my goal to know all of these by november 5th)

http://www2.sharonherald.com/herald/nie/spellb/spelllist3.html


I'm actually thinking about starting up an "adult" spelling bee of my own in hell's kitchen.

Turkey or Turkiye? always wondered about this

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1972/is-turkey-the-bird-named-after-turkey-the-country-or-vice-versa

Dear Straight Dope:

With the recent earthquake in Turkey, I started to think about the fact that there's a bird and a country named the same thing. How did each get its name? And are there any other countries named the same as animals or food? Is there a place named Chicken?

— Aron Siegel

My thoughts exactly Aron! The answer is anything but straight forward.