The fact that the spelling is far from phonetic - the same combinations of letters can stand for totally different words, like the "ough" in "tough", "though", "drought", etc.
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2007-09-18 04:18:51 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Agree. "Say," "they" and "weigh" rhyme, but "bomb," "comb" and "tomb" don't.
There's a movement to simplify English spelling. See the link below for more information.
2007-09-18 10:30:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course it's far from phonetic! That's one reason why they say that English is one of the hardest languages to learn!
2007-09-18 04:21:56 · answer #2 · answered by tangerine 7 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Hey, try plumber, and lumber
Or "I'll Wind up this toy"
"The Wind is Blowing in my face"
The english laguage is considered the hardest to learn. I'm still finding out stuff about it.. I'd really like to learn japanese though.
2007-09-18 04:25:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Uh, this may come as a shock to you, I had four years of English in high school and two years in college. Congratulations if you just discovered that. â¥
2007-09-18 04:49:05 · answer #4 · answered by Washington 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What do you mean anyway?
Do you want to start a sentence using one of those words or using those words to compose a short paragraph or something?
Sorry i don't understand it clearly !
2007-09-18 04:46:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Do I agree that that combo of letters sounds different in different words?
Uh, yeah, I do.
2007-09-18 04:22:43 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
it's like ur asking why is the plural of mouse mice while the plural of house not hice.
2007-09-18 04:33:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sounds pretty phony to me.
2007-09-18 05:14:57 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
do i agree.. yes i do.
havent you heard english is the hardest language to learn even harder than chinese?!
2007-09-18 06:52:41 · answer #9 · answered by ... 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Okay...??
2007-09-18 04:21:55 · answer #10 · answered by Katrina 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋