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<blockquote data-quote="d100" data-source="post: 983388" data-attributes="member: 12747">After taking German in both high school and college my pet peeve has become how almost completely impossible it is to tell how a word in English is to be speeled form how it is pronounced.for examplecovedovemoveFrom looking at the spelling of these words, one might assume that they should rhyme, but in modern English they do not. (I am not a linguistic historian, so I can not speak about the past).&nbsp; Even if they came from different sources, in my view the spelling should reflect how they sound, not the source.I realize that this is because English has been assembled from many languages and dialects, and seems to have an aversion to systematically changing the spellings of words to match the pronounciations. I will probably be back when I think of a few more complaints, while I am gone please don't attack my grammar or spelling too much. My B.S. is in Physics, not English.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="d100, post: 983388, member: 12747"] After taking German in both high school and college my pet peeve has become how almost completely impossible it is to tell how a word in English is to be speeled form how it is pronounced. for example cove dove move From looking at the spelling of these words, one might assume that they should rhyme, but in modern English they do not. (I am not a linguistic historian, so I can not speak about the past). Even if they came from different sources, in my view the spelling should reflect how they sound, not the source. I realize that this is because English has been assembled from many languages and dialects, and seems to have an aversion to systematically changing the spellings of words to match the pronounciations. I will probably be back when I think of a few more complaints, while I am gone please don't attack my grammar or spelling too much. My B.S. is in Physics, not English. [/QUOTE]

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