While in French there is also a great discrepancy between the written language and the spoken language, when reading French the corresponding pronunciation is a

While in French there is also a great discrepancy between the written language and the spoken language, when reading French the corresponding pronunciation is almost always very easy to predict. Only the reverse can be difficult, because many ambiguous pronunciations are differentiated in writing. There exists no other language besides English where the pronunciation rules are so irregular, with so many special cases and exceptions.