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[–] 7 points 3 years ago

Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme―And Other Oddities of the English Language

You are the person I've been waiting to recommend this book. It's fascinating. It was wild to see everything explained. It all has very good reasons for being completely insane, but it gave me a much deeper appreciation for why it is as is.

And for those of you too lazy to read a book, here's a podcast interview with the author:

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/corpse-corps-horse-and-worse/

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