When I was learning English (thirty some years ago. Immigrated from Russia, legally, with not a lick of English under my belt) reading it was so confusing. I still to this day do not understand the pronunciation of “Colonel”.
I would argue that it is more that English doesn't have a governing body to do spelling reform. If you look at Dutch you realize just how badly we spell our language.
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u/Adventurous-Bee4823 20h ago
When I was learning English (thirty some years ago. Immigrated from Russia, legally, with not a lick of English under my belt) reading it was so confusing. I still to this day do not understand the pronunciation of “Colonel”.