Why Is The English Language Stupid?

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by Terex4

Perhaps we should start fixing the english language by spelling phonetically, well, phonetically.

It wud luk sumthyng liek "fonetikly"

That's all well and good until you remember that a buttload of words sound the same and are spelled differently. Not that that stops us from having things like wind (moving air) and wind (to turn) which ARE for all intents and purposes spelled phonetically and end up being the same for different reasons.

Then you have to consider that not everyone pronounces the same words the same way, like the entire thing we had recently with Mauve's handle being pronounced either "mawve" or "mohve" and the revelation both are technically correct (and that she prefers "mawve").