Tbf the only reasons these spellings still exist is so that the British can sneer at anybody trying to pronounce them. After moving here A: they weren't that t

Tbf the only reasons these spellings still exist is so that the British can sneer at anybody trying to pronounce them. After moving here A: they weren't that tricky anyway (shire is a given, the only one I had to learn was *eicester) and B: I just get em to pronounce words in Maori.