Or maybe it's "Nerd Nation." You decide:
For the first time in its 79-year history, the National Spelling Bee . . . will go prime time for next month's drama-filled finals. Thanks to recent movies, books and even a Broadway musical, young spellers are suddenly hot. After 12 years of showings by the sports cable network ESPN, the final rounds of the two-day Scripps National Spelling Bee will be shown live Thursday evening, June 1, on the ABC network.
Interesting juxtaposition. Significant numbers of high school seniors can't find Louisiana on a map, but a handful of their counterparts in junior high school can spell "plumbiferous."
Meanwhile, people are interested enough to watch the spelling bee on TV. Thing is, the people tuning in for the spelling bee are probably the same people who can't find Louisiana on a map. Maybe the juxtaposition isn't that odd.
