3 ms·
This made me so confused as a kid growing up in a country where we can tell how a word is written based on its phonemes 99% of the time. So when I was watching
by layoutIfNeeded 7y ago
This made me so confused as a kid growing up in a country where we can tell how a word is written based on its phonemes 99% of the time. So when I was watching dubbed cartoons from the US, they often had episodes revolving around spelling bees (e.g. I remember “Hey Arnold!” had such an episode), it made absolutely no sense when translated.
- wirrbel 7y agoSame feeling here. Except for a few french or english loanwords it doesn't make much sense because such a contest would probably revolve around random mistakes made in a stressful situation, not about being able to spell that word in principle.