If you are interested, listen to some McWhorter lectures on linguistics—he will explain why this happens and how it remains part of a dialect or language. Many

If you are interested, listen to some McWhorter lectures on linguistics—he will explain why this happens and how it remains part of a dialect or language. Many word spellings or pronunciations that are part of “proper” English started out as “poor” pronunciation or spelling 150-200 years ago.