Why ENGLISH SPELLING is so HARD!

English spelling and pronunciation is so tricky because English is not phonetic. See this example of all the ways one sound can be spelled.

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[syedowais]

Nowadays not only the knowledge but ur voice n ur beauty growing a more in ur videos...

[LolZaiden]

Well, for me it is pretty easy. But you all are good as well and some are better than me. Never give up!

[taylorhenderson]

As English speaker, I want to learn Spanish so bad. It too much for my mind to grasp…conjugate verbs, grammar and sentence structure gets me everytime !! Subject and the verb is all over the place….

[Mesopotamian-ttmb]

I believe that there is no language more insane than French 😅

[ArikLensher]

Well obviously because English is derived language from latin and lots of European language which make so many exceptions rules for spelling and writing

[valdirbergamobergamo]

Although Chinese has about 4, 000 kanjis, people speak it is easier to speak it rather than English. Because it is more logical.
Seattle, Beatles, leather, leave, should be pronounced equally, that will not happen...
Your video was funny and highly didactic. Much obliged and prosper always!

[senhormedeiros]

I once read that English words were pronounced as they were written. There was a greater relationship between pronunciation and spelling. At some point in the history of the English language, the pronunciation of words changed, but the spelling system did not keep up with these changes. Why was there this change in pronunciation? Why didn't English speakers make a spelling adjustment to make people's lives easier?

[ahmadmaali]

How can we override this proplem? it is my only problem in english

[BARBIE....]

Omg....now I..E...DANG...NEXT ITS GOING TO BE BG...LOL

[feminaesapienti]

It's not English Language the crazy thing. It's English orthography

[fgg]

Do away all the tenses
of English,
should be the next good big thing for this simplicity
digital era.

[pubgstore]

English is not hard English is as easy as Hind. English is a piece of cake for me because I have been learning English for 21 year. I live in India in spite of living in India I speak English like Americans. I'm still learning American accent because I love American accent.

[endryryzal]

Ail
Hait
Tai
Dai
Sait
Taimm
Mai
Bai

[martin_nochev]

You forgot just the "i"l as spicy, spider, Miami, and so on.
Also, " ig" in words as sign and align
Yes, English is crazy 🤪

[NadaSwara]

I'm waiting for someone to say "as an American.." or "as an British.."

[endryryzal]

More like english is inconsistent with its spelling and its pronunciation.

[cyruschang]

If you are a southerner, you pronounce the /ai/ as /a/ in all these words 🤓

[mertiledunyadilleri]

ENGlish is sİNGing😅the last g is silent either..

[pixelated-bz]

The simplest language to learn to read is arabic

[Gvvxl]

spell - write or pronounce ? 🤯 How to translate in Russian?