So I've just remembered something.
When I was little, I've been watching a lot of TV, and significant part of them was made in the Burgerländ. Some of these things had "spelling contests" where burgerlings were spelling words letter by letter.
Could burgerländers explain this shit to me? I mean what's the point of such "contests"?
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>Could burgerländers explain this shit to me? I mean what's the point of such "contests"?
>spelling is difficult, we could make a competition out of it
Yeah I never got this as well. What's the problem spelling a word?
I would understand if it was a chess tourney or literature contest but how much of a retard you need to be to be unable to speak your native language properly?
the challenge is spelling obscure words that aren't spelled the same way they're pronounced or have silent letters because of foreign origin etc
good for kids
usually it's words that aren't used by people normally day to day, often words you've never heard of
words in English are spelled so retardedly that they warrant a competition
that sounds even more retarded
>let's make them spell words that they have 100% never heard of in real life other than studying them for this stupid contest
well that's the whole challenge innit
play stupid games win stupid prizes, as far as I know it's only an american thing but I could be wrong
But they were always really common and easy words in these shows.
It's competition for nerds, similar to debate or mock trial
A way to prove you're smarter than other people
only in the beginning from what little I've seen, the words get harder as the competition goes on
>I mean what's the point of such "contests"?
to make minorities feel better about their children
I-R-I-D-O-C-Y-C-L-I-T-Y-S
I don't know what debate or mock trial even are but this is not on the same level as competitions where they ask you general knowledge related stuff.
this is just fucking stupid.
and the fact that your dumb as fuck language is pretty much the only real language that isn't phonetically written makes it even more retarded.
its pretty much only a thing for helicopter parents that base their life around making their kid perform
This is true, it's more autistic than other forms of intellectual competition
English is spelled phonetically though, there's just lots of exceptions
>English is spelled phonetically though, there's just lots of exceptions
Italian is spelled phonetically, English is spelled under the effects of alcohol and cocaine combined
How's that duolingo goin for ya burgerino? Soon past basic phrases?
>I mean what's the point of such "contests"?
To see who is the best at spelling.
This type of bullying is why America needs to spend $200 trillion dollars a year on missiles
And yes for your information my French 101 community college class is going quite well
you'd be shocked that parents really, really push hard on those kids to exceed. Like it becomes more important to the parent, similar with what happens in our high school football.
You certainly can't resolve conflict with words klekk
English spelling is so retarded you can make a game out of remembering it.
Unlike based Tagalog language with phoenetic spelling.
all of our languages are phonetically spelled, you're not unique and your language is garbage.
these spelling contests are called Spelling Bees
the winners of "spelling bees" are always homeschooled Indians
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>spelling your native language's words is challenging
It's just bunch of several word parts attached to each other.
All chemistry is like that tbqh.
Average word in German
there's also Norman words
>bondon
More like
>gondon
Sorry, I had to make this one
who got time to memorize this shit
>there's also Norman words
>there is also Norman words
>there is also words
>there is words
It's mostly for very young students (8-10 years old) where spelling and vocabulary is a point of emphasis still. I think it is really dumb as well and anyone high school age or older doing a spelling bee is meme tier
This isn't actually that hard, just tedious. A hard one is something like Arkansas, seriously
>ar-can-saw
>spelled Ar-Kansas
Not the best example cause most burgers probably would know this but say arkansas to anyone else and they'd havr no clue.
The English spelling system is a pile of shit.
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>spelling words that aren't spelled the same way
Lmao have fun with a fucked up language
>English is spelled phonetically
If that were the case all the Es in that sentence should be pronounced exactly the same
Spanish spelling is very easy, you always write how you pronounce it, English spelling is irregular and strange
You're a brainlet, English isn't the only language that's not phonetically written, so is Danish/French/Arabic or Thai