From: a24061@ducksburg.com   
      
   On 2024-07-02, Christian Weisgerber wrote:   
      
   > On 2024-07-02, Ross Clark  wrote:   
   >   
   >> The Spelling Bee -- unique to the English-speaking world*, a ritual   
   >   
   > I'm pretty sure there have been spelling contests on French TV.   
   >   
   > Basically any language where getting from pronunciation to spelling   
   > involves a lot of ambiguity is a candidate.   
   > Thai? Chinese??   
      
   How do you name the characters in Chinese other than by pronouncing   
   them?   
      
   Also, how do they distinguish (orally) two characters that have the   
   same pronunciation?   
      
      
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