The letter overloading trait is not exclusive to the English language as it's featured in numerous other languages but the problem with English is there's no cl

The letter overloading trait is not exclusive to the English language as it's featured in numerous other languages but the problem with English is there's no clear rules governing the pronunciation of these letters. It's totally arbitrary. Take for example, "charity" and "charisma", the /ch/ combo here would fool any beginner in pronouncing the latter as the regular sound and not as a /k/ and there's no solution for this problem but to memorize the words as you encounter making the whole experience of learning a new foreign language tedious and horrible. A reform of English orthography is long overdue esp. if it's going to stay as a lingua franca for quite some time to come.