In the same vein, as a non-native speaker, I sometimes find it funny when even words that are written the same way (or are very close) are pronounced differentl

In the same vein, as a non-native speaker, I sometimes find it funny when even words that are written the same way (or are very close) are pronounced differently. E.g. read vs. read. And then I also hear from movies that people pronounce "interesting" in different ways and begin to question how it should be done. Of course, my native tongue has it's own quirks and peculiarities. I guess languages are the ultimate legacy projects with massive amount of contributors :).