>Hah, Britain!! Cholmondeley = Chumly???

The brits have "charming" (strange) ways to pronounce words, but that one is some sort of a record.

>There is an old thing about how to pronounce 'GHOTI'. It's pronounced 'fish'.
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>Take the GH from 'cough', the O from 'women', and the TI from 'nation' -> fish.

I like english. It is very concise and can have a lot of nuances (which depend on who is speaking) but it seems to have more exceptions than rules.