A bit of consistency is good, I find, but not actually in actual words. The real consistency you should aim for is pronunciation. Especially for loanwords. Yes

A bit of consistency is good, I find, but not actually in actual words. The real consistency you should aim for is pronunciation. Especially for loanwords. Yes, the first time you encounter "CD" spelled out in your native language, it's jarring, but over time the benefits of this add up. Both English and French fail miserably at pronunciation consistency. See this for English: https://ncf.idallen.com/english.html https://ncf.idallen.com/english.html If you aim to make your language as phonetic as possible, suddenly acquiring the language is much easier. Still very hard, but a degree of difficulty easier.