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I actually studied Linguistics in college. (People joked that I'd never find anything useful to do with it, but they were wrong; it is WONDERFULLY useful when writing speculative fiction.) One of the things it helped me with was realizing WHY English has such a stupid spelling system--it's because once upon a time, the words WERE pronounced that way! But language changes over time, and unlike other languages, English has been reluctant to reform its spelling.
The upside is that we can read old shit like Shakespeare, while Spanish speakers have a much rougher go reading Don Quixote. Our spelling hasn't changed so much, while Spanish has.
You might already know this, but I thought it might help a kid to know there IS a reason English is stupid. (And I've discovered that NOTHING makes a kid interested in learning like realizing adults do stupid shit.)
The upside is that we can read old shit like Shakespeare, while Spanish speakers have a much rougher go reading Don Quixote. Our spelling hasn't changed so much, while Spanish has.
You might already know this, but I thought it might help a kid to know there IS a reason English is stupid. (And I've discovered that NOTHING makes a kid interested in learning like realizing adults do stupid shit.)