Bingo. I've learned more about English itself the past couple years studying Thai than I have since I was a young child; particularly how daft our orthography i

Bingo. I've learned more about English itself the past couple years studying Thai than I have since I was a young child; particularly how daft our orthography is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonemic_orthography#Defective_orthographies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonemic_orthography#Defective... One of the strengths of English is that it adapts by assimilation from other language; if it were the only language around it would stagnate.