The Power of "R"

As much as Americans adore the English language, it actually is the hardest to learn as a second language. Fortunately the rest of the world is willing to learn it since most Americans won't bother to learn another language. "But what makes English so difficult Humorous Hermes?" you might ask. Well for starters "I before E accept after whenever you feel like it." The so called rules rarely apply. It doesn't help that English is a hodgepodge of words from other languages either. For a long time writers have made jest at why English plainly sucks. They mainly poke fun of words spelled the same but that sound different, also known as homonyms. (For more click here).

What grabs my attention about English is the letter 'R'. It's so powerful the Russians have a backwards one. Don't think it's impressive? Consider this. R can change fiends into friends. One letter not only changes the sound of the word but also the entire meaning. And this isn't the only time. R also changes though into through. For some reason R changes the sound of the vowel. That's why I say route (rute) instead of route (rowt), because without R it's out. The R changes the sound. Somebody should do something about these renegade R's that are going around changing stuff.