ENGLISH IS LUDICROUS
It is one of the most difficult languages on the planet, primarily because of widespread inconsistencies. Most languages have irregular structures, but English takes ridiculous rules to new heights of absurdity. And some malcontents and fearmongers (is it little Ronnie Putz?) have the gall to insist that it is the "official" language of the state and country.
Most of my beefs are with inconsistent pronunciation and/or spelling. This is the area where our children have become "PHUCKED BY PHONICS." For openers, consider the following simple words which all have the same basic vowel sound. Is this spelling inconsistent or what ??
| ay | aye | ||||
| buy | by | bye | |||
| die | dye | ||||
| fie | |||||
| guy | |||||
| hi | high |
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| lie | lye | ||||
| my | |||||
| nigh | |||||
| pi | pie | ||||
| rye | |||||
| sigh | |||||
| tie |
Is this a ploy by English teachers to maximize their job security? How do we fix this and make English a workable language?
Another "favorite" is the pronunciation of the vowel sound "oo". What is the motivation to have three distinct sounds for this? What are the rules, and who sets them?
| foot | food | dude | root | do | door |
| good | hoot | rude | cool | to | bore |
| hood | boot | nude | pool | too | gore |
| soot | coot | prude | doom | tune | whore |
| wood | loot | lewd | room | 'toon | lore |
| cook | moot | lute | poor | dew | more |
| woof | pooh | dupe | moor | nor | |
| wool | root | wooed | boor | roar | |
| book | toot | duke | soon | soar | |
| look | mood | dune | tore | ||
| hook | boob | rune | wore | ||
| war | |||||
| four |
MORE TO COME!