Now try pronouncing Lancashire, Gloucestershire, Worcester, Derby, Edinburgh, Argyll… Granted, the latter two are Gaelic in origin, but it's not like English sp

Now try pronouncing Lancashire, Gloucestershire, Worcester, Derby, Edinburgh, Argyll… Granted, the latter two are Gaelic in origin, but it's not like English spelling — especially of place names — is terribly phonetic. English orthograhpy is in fact widely known for having [less systematicity](http://ncf.idallen.com/english.html http://ncf.idallen.com/english.html) than many of its Indo-European neighbors.