is that there are no consistent rules. Spelling fonehtikale a waste of time.
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In French itās even worse, where you have many letters that you donāt pronounce.
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But itās consistent.
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I guess every language has itās challenges, but you can learn the differences between their and there; then and than,ā¦
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For a minute I thought this was a new kind of leafy green. 
Fonehti kale is more nutritious than regular kale. 
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Youāre right. The language changes sounds ie knight used to be pronounced with the k but cos of sound shift it now doesnāt we just kept the spelling. Languages evolve and change over time. (I dabble in the field of linguistics)
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English is very hard for folks sometimes whose L1 is not English. French is the same way there are written letters in words that are not pronounced.
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I find English to be one of the easier languages as I was surrounded by it in my youth through music, tv, movies, etc.
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Oopsy I posted my comment b4 seeing this.
Are you into linguistics?
What happens with orthography is that when French was originally forming those letters were pronounced but as the language changed over time the letters were dropped as they were spoken but no one bothered to change the spelling.
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Iām not really into linguistics, but I like learning languages.
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Thatās called Comprehensive Input according to polyglot Steve Kaufman (LingoSteve.com).
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Hey MÄori is a fun language. You can do MÄori flash cards on the Drops language learning app. Puka Puka means book or it means lungs depending on context.
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Iām currently focusing my efforts on improving my Spanish.
I also struggle to motivate me to learn a language Iāll never use in real life.
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I understand. Iāll never use Arabic but I like it. AprendĆ EspaƱol en la escuela. OlvidĆ© mucho pero trato que estudiar bastante.
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I find Anglo-Saxon a fun language to dabble in though my primary language interests is both Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Greek.
Slowly but surely.
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The big problem about English is that if you have to give a talk on a subject you have only read and not heard, you will undoubtedly make pronunciation errors which makes you feel like a fool.
Bleh.
Everyone can learn Englishā¦
In elementary school I knew a Chinese kid who spoke both chinese and Englishā¦
To me, Chinese sounds like a buncha āshhhā soundsā¦
Not even remotely close to understanding 
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I like German cuz the rules and pronunciation are very concrete. Thereās very little deviation in itā¦
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@WhiteRaven This might interest you
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Theh ownly rool tew spellyng iz tew git yor powynt akraughs.
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