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integralid 3 hours ago

I think as a native speaker it's different to you.

Native English speakers make spelling mistakes quite often. But as a language learner I struggled with everything, except spelling - I always knew how to spell a word, even if I don't know how to pronounce it. It's the opposite of native speaker experience.

nkrisc a minute ago | parent | next [-]

English spelling is one of the hardest parts of the language to learn because the spelling represents ~16th century pronunciation. However what we gained is a common orthography for all the different dialects and accents of English. I can barely understand some people from Appalachia or Western England when they speak, but if they write it down it’s no problem.

nephihaha 22 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

The verbs in Russian can be complex, especially the verbs of motion and prepositions.

The state of English spelling has deteriorated a lot since the simpler minded started going online.

By the way, I far prefer Russian orthography to Polish which has me baffled a lot of the time.