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English is such as mess that you actually have spelling contests to prove it. Try that with most other languages, and it’s going to be exciting for all the first graders who just learned the alphabet. Anyone older than that will be bored to death in the contest.
As a kid, I was so confused by (dubbed) cartoons' portrayal of spelling contests as some serious, non-trivial thing. Then I learned English and finally understood.
Yeah, me too. I was like: “dude, you just listen to the sounds, convert them to letters and you’re done. Why is everyone so excited about someone having learned the alphabet. That’s literally first grader stuff.”
Then I realized how bad it really is in English.
I thought of that meme when making my original comment lol