• QualifiedKitten@discuss.online
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    16 hours ago

    English is my mother tongue, and I’m also unclear about how to pronounce it. Skew-oh-morf?

    Fun fact: English is one of the only languages where spelling bees are a thing.

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      15 hours ago

      I always wonder how spelling bee scenes in shows get translated when dubbed into other languages. Maybe they’re turned into some other kind of academic competition?

      Anyone have any insight?

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        It’s just still a spelling bee. They’ll find some fitting term to call it and that’s that. Everyone knows the show is set in a different country anyways. The concept is intuitive enough, even if it’d be very easy in most languages.