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"Last Thursday about twenty young Ladies met at the house of Mr. L. on purpose for a Spinning Match; (or what is called in the Country a Bee)."
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°øµ¿ÀÇ ÀÏÀ» À§ÇØ ÇÔ²² ¸ð¿© ÇÏ´Â ¸¹Àº Ȱµ¿µéÀº 'husking-bees(¿Á¼ö¼ö ²®Áú ¹þ±â±â ¸ðÀÓ ((Ä£±¸³ª ÀÌ¿ôÀÌ µ½´Â))', 'quilting-bees(´©ºñÀÌºÒ ¸¸µå´Â ¿©ÀÚµéÀÇ ¸ðÀÓ)', 'barn-raising-bees(Çê°£ Áþ´Â ¸ðÀÓ)'°ú °°Àº ÀÌ·± Àú·± Á¾·ùÀÇ ²Ü¹úÀÌ µé¾î°£ À̸§À¸·Î ¾Ë·ÁÁö°Ô µÇ¾ú´Ù. ¸ðÀÓ Áß Á» ´ú Áñ°Å¿î ÇüÅ´ hanging bee ȤÀº lynching bee¿´´Âµ¥ ÀÌ·± ³»¿ëÀº 1874³â 8¿ù The Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel¿¡ ½Ç·È´Ù, ÀÌ ½Å¹®Àº IndianaÀÇ Maysville¿¡¼ ¹ß»ýÇÑ »ç°ÇÀ¸·Î °á°úÀûÀ¸·Î °ÅÀÇ ¸°Ä¡¸¦ °¡ÇÏ°Ô µÈ ½Å¿ø ¿ÀÀÎ »ç°Ç À̾߱⸦ ´ÙÀ½°ú °°ÀÌ ´ã°í ÀÖ¾ú´Ù.
"And he came very near being the chief attraction at a Lynching Bee."
°¡Àå Àß ¾Ë·ÁÁø ¡®bee¡¯·Î ¿©ÀüÈ÷ ¸¹ÀÌ »ç¿ëµÇ´Â °ÍÀÌ 'spelling bee'ÀÌ´Ù. ÀÌ Çà»ç´Â ¿ø·¡ °£´ÜÈ÷ 'spelling-matches'¶ó°í ºÒ·È´Âµ¥ 19¼¼±â Ãʹݿ¡ À̸£·¯ »ç±³ ¸ðÀÓÀ¸·Î 'spelling-bees'¶ó°í ºÒ¸®±â ½ÃÀ۵Ǿú´Ù. ÃÖÃÊ ±â·ÏÀº 1850³â 4¿ù The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine¿¡¼·Î ´ÙÀ½°ú °°´Ù.
"Those who have attended a 'spelling-bee' - and what reader who ever went to a district-school in the country but has attended them?"
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¶§·Î Å×½ºÆ® À̺¥Æ®µéÀº 'spelling-bees'°¡ ¾Æ´Ñ ´Ü¼øÈ÷ ¡®spellings¡¯·Î ºÒ¸®±âµµ Çߴµ¥ Oscar L. JacksonÀÇ 1860³â ȸ°í·Ï The Colonel's Diary¿¡ µîÀåÇÏ´Â ´ÙÀ½°ú °°Àº ³»¿ëÀÌ´Ù.
"The boys were anxious for a spelling in the evening."
¹Ì±¹¿¡¼ spelling-beesÀÇ Àαâ´Â ºÎºÐÀûÀ̾ú´Âµ¥ ±ÛÀ» ¾²°í ÀÐÀ» ÁÙ ¾Æ´Â °ÍÀº ¾Ö±¹ÀûÀÎ Àǹ«·Î ±ÇÀåµÇ¾ú°í, 1783³â ÃÖÃÊ ¹ß°£µÈ Noah WebsterÀÇ American Spelling BookÀÌ ±¤¹üÀ§ÇÏ°Ô »ç¿ëµÇÁö ¾Ê°í ºÎºÐÀûÀ¸·Î »ç¿ëµÇ¾ú±â ¶§¹®ÀÌ´Ù. ÀÌÁ¦ Webster´Â American Dictionary of the English Language·Î ¸Å¿ì À¯¸íÇÑ »ç¶÷ÀÌÁö¸¸ Blue-backed SpellerÀ¸·Î ¾Ë·ÁÁø ±×ÀÇ ½ºÆç¸µ Ã¥Àº ´õ ¿µÇâ·Â Àִ åÀ¸·Î ÀÚ¸®¸Å±èÇϰí ÀÖ´Ù. 1899³â 5¿ù The Decatur Daily Review¿¡ ½Ç¸° ´ÙÀ½°ú °°Àº ±â»ç¸¦ º¸¸é Webster°¡ °¡Áø Á߿伺ÀÌ ÀÎÁ¤µÇ°í ÀÖÀ½À» ¾Ë ¼ö ÀÖ´Ù.
"After the regular business meeting of the Baptist Senior Endeavor society Monday night the members put aside dull care for an hour and had fun with the English language in an old fashioned spelling bee. If the ghost of Noah Webster was watching the scene he probably congratulated himself that he had not lived in vain."
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