As a someone who is not an english native speaker, it's really wild that english spelling is so badly irregular you can make a competition out of it. amirite?
It's not really irregular.... you just have to know or figure out at which point in history they stole a word from another language (Danelaw period, Norman period, etc...).
Grüezi, may I introduce you german:
„Des Weiteren ist das Übrige auszuschließen und im Übrigen sind die Ausschlüsse zu erweitern und die Erweiterungen sind ausschließlich zu erübrigen. Erübrigungen werden des Weiteren ausgeschlossen. Ausgeschlossene Erweiterungen sind übrig. Übrige Ausschlüsse werden erweitert. Erweiterte Erübrigungen werden ausgeschlossen. Auszuschließende Erübrigungen werden erweitert.".
Try learning to read Chinese and Japanese at the same time.
Fun fact: English descriptions of speech impediments make the impediment clear by someone who has said impediment because English is a cruel mistress
Lisp, soft palette, stutter etc
I want you to listen to yourself
There, their, if your not certain open that they're curtain.
And wilder still is that we have kids compete in this competition when more than half of the adults in the country can spell worth a CRAP
Eh I consider good spelling a nearly useless talent.
It's useful in writing a good curriculum since it makes you seem more professional. That's about it though
You have to be 'good enough' but anything over that is just a novelty.
Try French.
spanish with extra vowels
French is easy, you just have to ignore the second, decorative half of the words.
queue
4/5 of those letters are useless.
It's not really irregular.... you just have to know or figure out at which point in history they stole a word from another language (Danelaw period, Norman period, etc...).
English spelling bees are quite unique in how etymology is critical to knowing the correct spelling rule
As I typed this I just realized how close etymology is to entomology, which doesn't really help in the study of spelling bees
I was just telling my mom I heard a non native speaker accidentally say the N word when trying to pronounce a country in Africa.
Namibia 🇳🇦???
Grüezi, may I introduce you german:
„Des Weiteren ist das Übrige auszuschließen und im Übrigen sind die Ausschlüsse zu erweitern und die Erweiterungen sind ausschließlich zu erübrigen. Erübrigungen werden des Weiteren ausgeschlossen. Ausgeschlossene Erweiterungen sind übrig. Übrige Ausschlüsse werden erweitert. Erweiterte Erübrigungen werden ausgeschlossen. Auszuschließende Erübrigungen werden erweitert.".