I don't see anything wrong with english o_O The thing is, we're sort of the culmination of all the linguistics advances from all of history. The mixing of the languages of the angles and germanics created a very rich language, which only became richer as we incorporated roots from greek, latin, and other languages. What we have today is the most descriptive language on earth. Our superior descriptive ability is a great gift for the english-speaking person if you ask me...for example:
Let's take the color red, and compare all our synonyms for it to those in some other languages.
Spanish: rojo
French: rouge
English: Red, Crimson, Vermillion, Ruby, Scarlet, Blood, Carmine, Cherry
For anyone who's read 1984, they would understand this. In order to gain total control over the minds of the english-speaking party members, Big Brother's followers invented newspeak, which would eventually end english. It would eliminate all synonyms, turning such things as good and bad into good and ungood. With the language taken to its simplest base, the citizens would not be able to think in the terms they were once able to, thus keeping thougts of individuality out of their minds. Although it's far from this extreme in many languages not as descriptive as english, it must be admitted that english allows us to have a broader spectrum of thoughts than other languages.
And, of course, with many words from many languages comes many different words. But I can say with mch certainty that fish could never be spelled Ghoti, and here's why:
"-gh" on its one could never make an f sound, there's no word in our language that does that. It is the second half of "-ough", which makes an "uff" sound in rough and tough. It can also be made "O" as in dough, "ow" as in plough, or "oo" as in through, but "-ough" or the "-gh" taken from that.
The o in button could make the i in button, but it depends on how you pronounce the word. I prounounce button "buttun", and I know other people who make the O a U and people who make the O an I.
As with my first example, ti can make an sh sound when paired with "-on", but not on its own. There isn't a word in the english language where ti makes an sh sound without it being in "-tion".
I'm not trying to argue or anything, just saying things the way I see it o_o;;
