What about similar oddities in English?
(This question is inspired by this comic by https://www.exocomics.com/193/ (link found by BunScientist@lemmy.zip)) Edit: it's to its in the title. Damn autocorrect.

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[–] 8 points 1 year ago (8 children)

"Read" is spelled s-a-m-e? English is a weird language.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Wait until you hear about how we pronounce colonel!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Well I say that like it's spelled. I don't make the zh sound at the end of that's what you're referencing. I know some do though.

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