English Lies

In Spanish you pronounce words just the way they’re spelled. Each letter has a corresponding sound. In English, though, there are quiet letters, and letters within letters. In the word ‘tough’ the ‘gh’ sounds like an ‘f,’ so why not write an ‘f’? In the word ‘though,’ the ‘gh’ is completely silent. These differences never made sense to mama when I tried to explain them and she still can’t speak English. It’s senseless.

In Spanish each letter of the alphabet is upfront, honest about it’s pronunciation, but in English letters have secrets, they hide their sounds, they conceal other letters. Ergo, Spanish is the language of sincere passion and English is the language of liars.