"English is a perfectly simple, easy to learn language" What? English writing and pronunciation are atrocious. There are more exceptions than rules. I thought

"English is a perfectly simple, easy to learn language" What? English writing and pronunciation are atrocious. There are more exceptions than rules. I thought it was a pretty well known fact. There are languages where you can perfectly pronounce the words even if you don't have the slightest idea of what you are reading.