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    27 days ago

    english is dumb. why do we say “hands,” but we don’t say “foots”? why does “goose” become “geese,” but “moose” doesn’t become “meese”? why is “led” the past tense of “lead,” but “red” is not the past tense of “read”? why don’t “good” and “food” rhyme? LIGHT becomes LIT, fight becomes FOUGHT. peek becomes peeked, seek becomes SOUGHT

    i could do this all day, but i willn’t

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      27 days ago

      At least with my accent, good and food actually rhyme

      Also the reason behind English being weird is foreign influence, sound shifts and late standardisation