> What I am saying is that in English, after learning 26 letters, you can read any combination of them. Not really. For instance: trough. I forget the specif

> What I am saying is that in English, after learning 26 letters, you can read any combination of them. Not really. For instance: trough. I forget the specifics and terminology, but to read English competently, you have to be familiar with at least several hundred different letter-sound mappings.