English Spelling Bee Is Unrealistic

i understand the historical reasons why English is the most common language but if I was writing a speculative fiction novel and I said “the language that most people learn as a second language, usually for professional reasons, is also the only one with a spelling system so terrible that spelling words correctly is a broadcasted competition” you’d be like “extremely unrealistic 0/10” i never thought of this, do other languages not have spelling bees? #no we don’t

A screenshot of a humorous text-post exchange about English spelling. The joke is that English spelling is so irregular that a spelling bee would sound like implausible worldbuilding, while many other languages do not have the same kind of spelling competition. EN: A screenshot of a humorous text-post exchange about English spelling. The joke is that English spelling is so irregular that a spelling bee would sound like implausible worldbuilding, while many other languages do not have the same kind of spelling competition.

• @rzeczyzabawne / 4057 2022-12-11