Today: my latest article for TheWeek.com, on other languages with weird spelling, and how they get that way.
English spelling is terrible. Other languages are worse.
Many languages use an alphabet borrowed from a different language. It’s like building a dining room set using an IKEA kit for a dresser.
One little correction, a typo I spotted too late: in the Irish Gaelic, shuiamhneas should be shuaimhneas. Of course.
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