Time

So tell me again who decided to put a "b" on the end of comb and thumb, because as far as I can see they really have absolutely no point in being there. We should either erase them or pronounce them, but for some reason people are reluctant to change their ways and continue to say "thum" and write thumb. (In other words, people apparently prefer to make things take longer than need be.) Ridiculous.

And how on earth do we come upon pronouncing an e and an i together as "a"? Why in heaven's name do we not simply save ourselves time and just write an a? Alright, now wait a minute I'm seeing now how that could be a problem, but still: what's the point in writing "weigh" instead of "way"? Hold on, I guess that's another word entirely now isn't it? Ah, but the word neighbor could certainly be written differently: why not just write nay instead of neigh and save ourselves time? It seems far more logical doesn't it?

Ah, and now I'm beginning to see how we could adjust the word weigh: why not just add an "e" on to the end of way, since the general rule is supposed to be (note: supposed to be, that subject could be another spiel entirely) that adding an "e" on the end of a word serves to allow the vowel to be pronounced in the form of the letter itself. It still may not make perfect sense, but at least it would save a little time, and for that matter, be far less confusing. After all, what little kid, when learning to read, is going to think, "Oh, I get it: I should completely ignore that "gh" on the end of that word, and instead of saying 'weeig-h' in accordance with the way my teacher has taught me to read, (okay, so no little kid would say 'in accordance' anyway, but that is entirely beside the point) I should just say 'way,' for absolutely no reason at all omitting(what kid uses that word either, besides my little brother and me as a child but we're both kind of special cases) (like you truly cared to know that) continuing:for absolutely no reason at all ignoring the gh and turning the e and the i together into an "a" sound. It makes perfect sense(for those of you not from upstate New York, that's called sarcasm) so I think I'll do it."

And if you read this whole thing out loud, you have no doubt come to realize how entirely irksome( and pointlessly time-consuming) it is to spell these words out loud. Believe me, I have a seven-year-old brother and sister, who upon a rather frequent basis inquire as to the spelling of a word and are entirely annoyed at my spelling, as they feel that it is not the way the word ought to be spelled(considering its pronunication) and thus I am entirely annoyed at having to repeat the perturbingly lengthy spelling of the word.

But then again, what is someone like me- who has enough time on my hands to write out these long pointless spiels- doing worrying about how much extra time it takes to write things out. And what is someone like you- who has enought time to read these long pointless spiels- doing reading and worrying about how much extra time it takes to write things in the english language. Go read a book.