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Why are so many words not pronounced how they are spelled?
Doesnt it just needlessly complicate things for no real reason?
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- yet-knish!Lv 72 months ago
The language has evolved over a long period of time, and the way it is now is just how it's worked out. It wasn't planned that way.
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