[Bored chemist]

And some scholars actually encouraged complications like this, as it showed the etymology of the word.

And who are you to say that they were wrong?

[alancalverd]

And English spelling is a real hodge-podge.

This is partly ascribed to Caxton's attempts to capture the spoken word and assemble some consensus from written papers, and partly the result of English promiscuity in taking words from other languages. It is possibl too capchur the sounds ov Inglish bei adopting Germanik speling rools but in dooing soe yoo woud looz the etimologi ov Nourman wirdz. And yoo woud  probabli wont to yooz an umlaut okaeznli.