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> A native English speaker could still pronounce a word and they would have very little idea how to write it, and therefore won't be able to look it up in a dic
by myth2018 8y ago
> A native English speaker could still pronounce a word and they would have very little idea how to write it, and therefore won't be able to look it up in a dictionary.
Not by coincidence, in USA they have spelling challenges aired nationwide.
- __david__ 8y agoOh wow, I had never considered that spelling bees might be uniquely English (the language).
- myth2018 8y agoIt's not uniquely english
- kevinios 8y agoIndeed, and I suppose spelling bees makes sense for any language that is not written exactly as it is pronounced, French being one of them. From what I've read so far, Esperanto only has a single way to write every sound it uses, so it would be much less challenging.
- myth2018 8y agoYes. Here in Brazil there are some competitions. It's a challenge indeed (portuguese), but not such a big one. In Esperanto there is a 1-1 relationship between letters and sounds by design, so a spelling bee wouldn't be a challenge.