30
Second
Break
Browse
Categories
Friends
About
Random →
Browse
Categories
Friends
About
Random →
© 2026 30secondbreak.com
Browse
1 break
Search
All
Biology
Computing
Earth & Space
Economics
Engineering
Food Science
History
Language
Mind
Music & Sound
Physics
Why English spelling doesn't match how words sound
Around 1400, English spelling roughly matched speech. Bite sounded close to "beet", meet roughly like "mate", and house like "hoose". Then, over about three…
Language
5 min read
26 Sep