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How the English language became such a mess

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  1. nsz
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    Ha! I really like this, I've always struggled with spelling especially in school, now I feel a little vindicated after reading part of that poem. In the end though I think it's nice how English...

    Ha! I really like this, I've always struggled with spelling especially in school, now I feel a little vindicated after reading part of that poem. In the end though I think it's nice how English has picked up all these bits form other languages, keeps things interesting and gives more tools that writers (and anyone really) can use to express themselves.

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    Nitta
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    English has a long history of becoming far from a phonetically consistent language but recently a guy tried to correct that in a little fascinating video.

    English has a long history of becoming far from a phonetically consistent language but recently a guy tried to correct that in a little fascinating video.

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