> This is why English has combinations like sh, th, ee, oo, ou that each make only a single sound. Struggling with the th and ou here as only making a single s

> This is why English has combinations like sh, th, ee, oo, ou that each make only a single sound. Struggling with the th and ou here as only making a single sound. Through and rough, both not the same ou as sound. That and Thames, but this might be becaues Thames is proper noun? The only thing I like about Croatian is that there is none of this nonsense. If you understand the letters and how to pronounce them, you can read a word and pronounce it correctly. In English there are so many words that you would have no idea the correct pronunciation until you've heard a native speaker say it. Even that's no guarantee it will be correct though!