Aggregious differences between English spelling and common sense

[sleipnir214]

One thing that makes English spelling so difficult for everyone, both English as a first language and English as an additional language, is the fact that standard English spelling is not just non-phonetic but often very non-phonetic.

I'm not talking about words like "phonetic" (which, ironically, should be spelled "fonetik"), which is mildly irritating. I'm talking about words with such a high percentage of superfluous letters that they offend common sense: "through" and "eight" come immediately to mind.

Does anyone have a further example?

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[Stella740pl]

Back to the original topic, English spelling doesn't make much sense to me at all.

My late mother quoted a proverb for me many years ago... I guess, it was translated from English... The meaning was that in English you write Manchester, and read it as Liverpool. From what I've seen/heard, French is somewhat similar in this meaning.

I guess, I just have a good visual memory to get it reasonably right.

 

[Stella740pl]

ESquared

Some 3 month and a few dozens of posts back Zathras did mention that "Aggregious" is an egregiously bad spelling of the word "egregious.". It's easy to miss, though, when thread gets this long.

 

[ESquared]

I know Zathras said that, but there was nothing on pronunciation in the thread, which is why I brought it up again. And... since the thread is so long I thought I'd show the right spelling again for any interested (ignorant?) readers.

 

[CajunCenturion]

I think the thread is long enough, especially for those users who have slower connection speeds.

If anyone is interested in continuing the discussion or any of its tangents, I request that you introduce a new thread for the discussion.

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