6:30pm December 10, 2013

➸ 5 Reasons the English Language Makes No Freaking Sense

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by Kate Peregrina 

As much as we might judge people for their bad spelling, the truth is that English spelling doesn’t make any goddamn sense. Just look at that sentence: Why is there an “n” but no “n” sound in “goddamn”? It turns out there’s one perfectly good reason for that and many other eccentricities of the language, and that one good reason is actually a bunch of stupid reasons that are all shitty and terrible. Like …

1. “I Before E” and Other Stupid Spelling Rules Are Because of One War
2. “Colonel” Is Spelled Weird Because of the French
3. The Difference Between “-el” and “-le” Is Due to Stubbornly Clinging to Tradition
4. Some Words Are Spelled Wrong Because Academics Are Pretentious Jerkwads 
5. “O” and “U” (and “C” and “K”) Sound the Same Because of Sloppy Handwriting

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