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Could you always write words correctly in your native language? For English, it means spelling them correctly. This random question popped into my head when I saw a YouTube short of a Spelling Bee, and the words they spell are crazily long. In Mandarin, each word is composed of different characters, and some characters are just hard to write. For example, I have never written the character "龜" correctly. The character means turtle, and it looks like a turtle with a tail placed upright. It can also be combined with other characters. The word '龜裂' means 'crack' because the cracking resembles the square patterns on a turtle's shell. The point is, this character is just too complicated to remember, so I have always written it like a drawing and nobody has a problem understanding it. As for English, there are many words I can recognize but can't spell correctly (I just looked up how to spell 'recognize'). I attended a writing test, and part of it required me to write an essay to describe how good the spaghetti was that I had in a new restaurant. But I just couldn't spell it, so I wrote "Italian noodles" instead. After the test, my friend said she just wrote "pasta". I should have thought of that word. Nevertheless, I still can't spell 'spaghetti' correctly; I googled it and copied and pasted it.

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Could you always write words correctly in your native language?

For English, it means spelling them correctly.

This random question popped into my head when I saw a YouTube short of a Spelling Bee, and the words they spell are crazily long.

In Mandarin, each word is composed of different characters, and some characters are just hard to write.

For example, I have never written the character "龜" correctly.

The character means turtle, and it looks like a turtle with a tail placed upright.

It can also be combined with other characters.

The word '龜裂' means 'crack' because the cracking resembles the square patterns on a turtle's shell.

The point is, this character is just too complicated to remember, so I have always written it like a drawing and nobody has had a problem understanding it.

As for English, there are many words I can recognize but can't spell correctly (I just looked up how to spell 'recognize').

I attended a writing test, and part of it required me to write an essay to describe how good the spaghetti was that I had in a new restaurant.

But I just couldn't spell it, so I wrote "Italian noodles" instead.

After the test, my friend said she just wrote "pasta".

I should have thought of that word.

Nevertheless, I still can't spell 'spaghetti' correctly; I googled it and copied and pasted it.

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To be fair, I believe spaghetti is an Italian word

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abc90377

July 19, 2024

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Fair point. Thanks for your correction and feedback!

ALSO POSSIBLE: Could you alwaysreadily write words correctly in your native language?

For English, it means spelling them correctly.MY PREFERENCE: Spelling words (or forming characters) correctly is vexing in many languages

This random question popped into my head when I saw a YouTube short of a Spelling Bee, and the words they spell awere crazily long.

NOTE: The past tense is better since you have already seen the YouTube video.

In Mandarin, eachmost word iss are composed of different characters, and some of these characters are (just) hard to write.

LOGIC: There are also a few words composed of only one character. For example: 日、人、女 etc.

MY GUESS: For example, I have almost never written the character "龜" correctly.

The character means turtle, and it looks like a turtle with a tail placed upright.

It can also be combined with other characters.

The word '龜裂' means 'crack' because the cracking resembles the square patterns on a turtle's shell.

The point is, this character is just too complicated to remember, so I have always written it like a drawing and nobody has a problem understanding it.

As for English, there are many words I can recognize but can't spell correctly (I just looked up how to spell 'recognize').

I attended a writing test, and part of it required me to write an essay to describe how good the spaghetti was that I had in a new restaurant.

But I just couldn't spell it"spaghetti" correctly, so I wrote "Italian noodles" instead.

After the test, my friend said she just wrote "pasta".

I should have thought of that word.

Nevertheless, I still can't spell 'spaghetti' correctly; I googled it and copied and pasted it.

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Alas, many words in English have strange spellings. To my knowledge, Korean is the only language with a perfectly logical spelling method. Words in Korean are written precisely how they sound.

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abc90377

July 19, 2024

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I know nothing about Korean, and their characters look exactly the same to me haha. Thanks for your corrections and feedback!

Couldan you always write words correctly in your native language?

For English, it means spelling them correctly.

The character means turtle, and it looks like a turtle with aits tail placed upright.

The point is, this character is just too complicated to remember, so I have always written it like a drawing, and nobody has a problem understanding it.

I attendedwent to a writing test, and part of it required me to write an essay to describeabout how good the spaghetti was athat I had in a new restaurant.

But I just couldn't spell it, so I wrote "Italian noodles" instead.

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Very good job, and I think the subject is also very nice! Certain words are difficult for different people, and some are difficult in general. Growing up, I was bad at spelling "tomorrow" and "restaurant" correctly, but I could spell "onomatopoeia" and "precipitation" just fine, which are arguably more difficult. The important part is being able to communicate, and using "Italian noodles" was a great way of doing that. If you want to improve your spelling on difficult words, think about a different pronunciation for that word as you're writing/typing it. For example, every time I write "Wednesday," I never think of how it's actually pronounced. Instead, I just think, "Wed ness day."

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abc90377

July 19, 2024

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Thanks for your feedback, really interesting to know! And the pronounced method sounds very useful, I will surely implement it next time :))

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Dojega

July 20, 2024

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I'm glad! I wish you luck :)

Couldan you always write words correctly in your native language?

For English, ithis means spelling them correctly.

I attendedtook a writing test, and part of it required me to write an essay to describe how good the spaghetti was that I had in a new restaurant.

“Attended” would be correct if you were an observer at the test, but not if you actually took the test.

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When I took the entrance exam to become a 外籍編輯 for the Taiwan government many years ago, one of the characters that came up on the test was 龜. I couldn’t remember exactly how to write it so I used the simplified version: 龟. The evaluator marked it as an error but I still managed to pass the test. :-)

I consider myself a good speller in English, but I still get a few words wrong now & then.
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abc90377

July 19, 2024

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Thanks for your feedback, it sounds like a very difficult test! I believed half of native resident can't write 龜 correctly haha ,and using simplified version to replace complicated word is very commom in Taiwan.

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Couldan you always write words correctly in your native language?

ForIn English, ithat means spelling them correctly.

This random question popped into my head when I sawwatched a YouTube short of a Spelling Bee, and t. The words they spell are craziinsanely long.

In Mandarin, each word is composed of different characters, and some characters are just hard to write.

For example, I have never written the character "龜" correctly.

The character means turtle, and it looks like a turtle with aits tail placed upright.

It can also be combined with other characters.

The word '龜裂' means 'crack' because the cracking resembles the square patterns on a turtle's shell.

The point is, this character is just too complicated to remember, so I have always written it like a drawing and nobody has a problem understanding it.

As for English, there are many words I can recognize but can't spell correctly (I just looked up how to spell 'recognize').

I attended a writing test, and part of it required me to write an essay to describe how good the spaghetti was that I had in a new restaurant was.

But I just couldn't spell it, so I wrote "Italian noodles" instead.

After the test, my friend said she just wrote "pasta".

I should have thought of that word.

Nevertheless, I still can't spell 'spaghetti' correctly; I googled it and copiedy and pasted it.

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Very well-written - and funny too! I definitely struggle to spell words in my native language too sometimes. I guess it's something we all experience.

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abc90377

July 19, 2024

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Thanks for your corrections and kind words :))

Couldan you always write words correctly in your native language?

ForIn English, it means spelling them correctly.

I attendedtook a writing test, and part of it required me to write an essay to describe how good the spaghetti was that I had in a new restaurant.

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Spaghetti is an Italian word that is often used in English. English spelling is especially different because you need to know spelling rules from multiple languages, like French, Italian, German.

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abc90377

July 19, 2024

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Yes, maybe learning Latin will help? But I will just look up the dictionary if needed haha. Thanks for your corrections and feedback :))

Spaghetti

Could you always write words correctly in your native language?

For English, it means spelling them correctly.

This random question popped into my head when I saw a YouTube short of a Spelling Bee, and the words they spell are crazily long.

In Mandarin, each word is composed of different characters, and some characters are just hard to write.

For example, I have never written the character "龜" correctly.

The character means turtle, and it looks like a turtle with a tail placed upright.

It can also be combined with other characters.

The word '龜裂' means 'crack' because the cracking resembles the square patterns on a turtle's shell.

The point is, this character is just too complicated to remember, so I have always written it like a drawing and nobody has a problem understanding it.

As for English, there are many words I can recognize but can't spell correctly (I just looked up how to spell 'recognize').

I attended a writing test, and part of it required me to write an essay to describeing how good the spaghetti was that I had in a new restaurant.

But I just couldn't spell it, so I wrote "Italian noodles" instead.

After the test, my friend said she just wrote "pasta".

I should have thought of that word.

Nevertheless, I still can't spell 'spaghetti' correctly; I googled it and copied and pasted it.

Feedback

Sometimes I have to google spaghetti too! Or words like "inconvenience"...no matter how I spell it, it will still look wrong and I'll end up looking it up anyway.

The kids who participate in spelling bees usually learn where the word comes from (country of origin) and learn those rules for spelling. Apparently knowing Latin helps too.

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In Mandarin, each word is composed of different characters, and some characters are just hard to write.


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In Mandarin, eachmost word iss are composed of different characters, and some of these characters are (just) hard to write.

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The character means turtle, and it looks like a turtle with a tail placed upright.


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The word '龜裂' means 'crack' because the cracking resembles the square patterns on a turtle's shell.


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The point is, this character is just too complicated to remember, so I have always written it like a drawing and nobody has a problem understanding it.


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The point is, this character is just too complicated to remember, so I have always written it like a drawing and nobody has had a problem understanding it.

As for English, there are many words I can recognize but can't spell correctly (I just looked up how to spell 'recognize').


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But I just couldn't spell it, so I wrote "Italian noodles" instead.


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I should have thought of that word.


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