Bingo. The main difficulty in adopting a universal pronuciation-based spelling system is that there is no universal pronuciation.
Also, as another noted, the spellings of our words often reveal their lineages and allow literate people to figure out what unfamiliar words mean, or see the connection between them.
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Also, as another noted, the spellings of our words often reveal their lineages and allow literate people to figure out what unfamiliar words mean, or see the connection between them.
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So true. Knowing those roots has helped me on many occasions.