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I fucking love linguistics oh my god. This is amazing
You should check out this book: Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme―And Other Oddities of the English Language
It was absolutely fascinating. Who knew there're very good reasons why English is so messed up?
https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55332395
English is hard, but can be figured out through tough thorough thought though.
This made me laugh. You asshole :)
Thank you for that, straight onto my reading list.