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Engish is easy. No conjugation - you just have to memorize 50,000 words and you're good.
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If we ditch latin for IPA, maybe.
Maybe.
The more likely outcome is that some words would adopt those revised pronunciations, but most wouldn't, fracturing the rules by creating arbitrary exceptions. This has of course happened over and over and over. That is the shape of the hole we are in.
Supplement Latin with Anglo-Saxon runes. Solved.