just happened upon it ---------------English spelling is
bizarre. We know that. From the moment we learn about silent “e” in school, our
innocent expectations that sound and spelling should neatly match up begin to
fade away, and soon we accept that “eight” rhymes with “ate,” “of” rhymes with
“love,” and “to” sounds like “too” sounds like “two.” If we do sometimes
briefly pause to wonder at these eccentricities, we quickly resign ourselves to
the fact that there must be reasons—stuff about history and etymology and sound
changing over time. Whatever. English. LOL. Right? It is what it is.--------expert copied from
FUN isn't it?
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