AEE 2428: Why is English Spelling So Nerve-Racking?

All Ears English Podcast

Lindsay McMahon

Education, Language Learning, Business

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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0:00.0	This is an all-ears English podcast, episode 2428.
0:04.2	Why is English spelling so nerve-wracking?
0:09.0	Welcome to the All-Ears English podcast downloaded more than 200 million times.
0:15.5	Are you feeling stuck with your English?
0:18.0	We'll show you how to become fearless and fluent by focusing on connection,
0:23.9	not perfection, with your American host, Aubrey Carter, the IELTS Whiz, and Lindsay McMahon,
0:31.5	the English adventurer, coming to you from Arizona and Colorado USA.
0:39.3	And to get your transcripts delivered by email every week, go to all-earsenglish.com forward
0:46.2	slash subscribe.
0:51.7	When you're racking your brain for interesting vocabulary, do you ever see multiple ways to spell
0:57.3	the same thing?
0:58.5	Today, get one classic example as we answer a listener question.
1:02.9	Listen in today.
1:09.9	When you speak English, do people ask what a lot?
1:14.1	Or maybe they tell you you have great English, but you don't feel like you do.
1:20.7	Break free from awkward conversations and shake off that feeling of almost fluent by taking
1:27.2	our free two-minute quiz.
1:29.6	Get your personalized results immediately.
1:33.1	Check it out.
1:34.0	All-Earsenglish.com slash fluency score.
1:37.1	That's all-earsenglish.com slash fluency score.
1:47.2	Hello, Lindsay. How are you?
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