Sure, English is terrible. Don't forget dollar, pillar, cougar, burglar, doctor, actor, or aviator. Yet, oddly enough, somehow most people deal with them, and life goes on.
Go read about The Great Vowel Shift; it's pretty informative.
I'd have to say pre-Nixon
Sure, English is terrible. Don't forget dollar, pillar, cougar, burglar, doctor, actor, or aviator. Yet, oddly enough, somehow most people deal with them, and life goes on.
Go read about The Great Vowel Shift; it's pretty informative.