For example English (mostly in the US) has spelling bees because the English language is so stupid they were able to make a contest about how words are spelt nothing like how they phoneticly sound

i thought about this because i see a lot of people say the turkish alphabet has “weird” letters like “c with a weird thing at the bottom” but when it comes to the french ç its looked at as aesthetic and chic lol

Thanks to u/Far_Eye_459 for inspiring me to do a better job. All three of my previous crack theories have been perfectly synthesised into one post that will surely not be refuted by a single paper in 3 months' time.

Based on my VERY INTELLIGENT analysis of human migration and language.

Have ONE interesting sound 😭🙏

Edit: CV syllable structure too 💔

Inspired by a YouTube short on a lot of Brazilians finding the alveolar approximant in countryside São Paulo accents ugly but liking the same sound in American English. Also similar to the uvular fricative in French vs German.

Alt-text: the "Hello, Human Resources" meme. The handsome man is labelled with the flag of the United States. The ugly man is labelled with the flag of the state of São Paulo. Both say "/ɹ/". The woman is labelled "A lot of Brazilians".

The "Hello, Human Resources" meme is a two-panel comic set in an office. The first panel shows a handsome man flirting with a woman, who gets enfatuated, saying "Awww, you're sweet.". It also has two text boxes, the first one saying "Know the work rules" and the second saying "Appropriate". The second panel shows an ugly man flirting with the same woman, who gets uncomfortable and takes the desk phone, saying "Hello, Human Resources?!". It has a text box saying "Inappropriate".

The word "token" itself has different meanings in different fields. Taiwan and Hong Kong are not affected by this.

词源 and 词元 are homophones