>>Regarding languages; about 4 months ago I started learning French. I love learning it but it is very complicated; the spelling of the words has very little to do with how you pronounce them. So I say, wouldn't the world be better off if everybody spoke English?!
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>Congratulations for learning French!
>If you favor a language where pronunciation is the same as spelling, Italian is your friend!

It's not quite there... there are several things you need to know, like "the h is never pronounced", then when is c pronounced as k when as ch, and then the ch which is always k (so sch isn't pronounced as sh but as sk - so Schiavo is not shyvoe, it's skyavo), but it is neat in general, the whole book of rules fits on one page.