idk why Sandra Oh’s comedy chops surprised people like I know she’s been a drama actor for years but never forget her roots and the pinnacle of comedy for her role as Vice Principal Gupta in The Princess Diaries (2001)
i understand the historical reasons why English is the most common language
but if I was writing a speculative fiction novel
and I said “the language that most people learn as a second language, usually for professional reasons, is also the only one with a spelling system so terrible that spelling words correctly is a broadcasted competition”
you’d be like “extremely unrealistic 0/10”
i never thought of this, do other languages not have spelling bees?