Actually the title is “Strange English Language” a poem by Dr. Gerald Nolst Trenite (1870-1946).
Great poem on the screwed up-ness of how english words are pronounced. heh, it made me chuckle so I thought I would share it with a wider audience.
Compare alien with Italian,
Dandelion and battalion.
Sally with ally, yea, ye,
Eye, I, ay, aye, whey, and key.
Say aver, but ever, fever,
Neither, leisure, skein, deceiver.
Go read it and enjoy.
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