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I can never spell "bureaucracy" correctly without assistance. I always have to spell check it. Sometimes I can't even get close enough to spell check. I can't think of any other English words I have such trouble with.
Spanish imported it as burocracia , much easier!
And when they borrow words from other (not phonetic) languages, they just say "to hell with that spelling", and spell it in a perfectly logical way themselves.
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Spanish imported it as burocracia , much easier!
That's what I love about Spanish. There is this iron-clad rule that everything is spelt exactly as it's pronounced. Compared to English (or French), it's so ridiculously easy that (I sometimes think to myself) it must be a toy, not an actual human language. And when they borrow words from other (not phonetic) languages, they just say "to hell with that spelling", and spell it in a perfectly logical way themselves.
It took me about one hour to understand which band we were talking about. The Eagles was spelt like 'los egles'
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I've probably read his name more times than the names of these celebrities.
I'd never even heard of Peekaboo Street or whatever her name is before. I got almost everyone else right, at least.
Went through five celebrities before the first I recognized. Would be nice to see how many of us can spell e.g. Dijkstra.
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I cannot spell bureau. It trips me up even typing it. Maybe this is the thread that will have finally jammed it into my brain. I'll get back to you in a week or so. :-)
I always think of Jim Carry in Bruce Almighty spelling out B-E-A-Utiful Surprisingly it helps with words that have that 'eau' mash of vowels.
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I cannot spell bureau. It trips me up even typing it. Maybe this is the thread that will have finally jammed it into my brain. I'll get back to you in a week or so. :-)
I always think of Jim Carry in Bruce Almighty spelling out B-E-A-Utiful Surprisingly it helps with words that have that 'eau' mash of vowels.