English is a ridiculous language

English is a ridiculous language.

There is no egg in eggplant or ham in hamburger and guineapig is neither from Guinea nor a pig; there is neither apple nor pine in pine-apple.

*Why do writers write but grocers do not groce?

*Why a house can burn up while it burns down?

*Why is it “since there was no time like the present he thought to present a present”? *Why is “busy” pronounced as “bizzy” and “burry” as “berry”?

*Why does the English language have so many words that are difficult to spell?

The main reason is that there are 1,100 different ways to spell its 44 separate sounds, more than any other language. This situation exists for many reasons. For some words, the pronunciation has changed over the centuries even though the spelling has not. Some words have been borrowed from other languages, and although they have kept their original spellings, people over the years began pronouncing the words according to English rules. Others have been borrowed from other languages and have kept their original spelling and pronunciation, which makes them seem strange for English rules. The word Ghoti was even constructed especially to illustrate irregularities in English spelling: gh, pronounced /f/ as in enough /enʌf/; o, pronounced /ɪ/ as in women /ˈwɪmɪn/; and ti, pronounced /ʃ/ as in nation /ˈneɪʃən/. It is a respelling of the word fish. But in fact, the reasons for the Ridiculous English Spelling do not matter because English is what it is; it has been this way for a long time.