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.”
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.