english is balls

We are native speakers of English, so we subconsciously can differentiate between:

- The "th" sound in "theatre" and "the", even though they are quite different.
- The 50 shades of "-ough", e.g. Dough, Through, Cough, Rough, Thought, Thorough, Plough
- The role of "y", in yes, day, ply, only.
- Phenolphthalein (Fee-nol-THAY-leen, according to wiki. Primary stress on THAY, secondary stress on Fee, in case that wasn't clear.)
- The stupid ass plurals such as goose-geese, tooth-teeth, foot-feet, ox-oxen, or the Latin based ones like stratum-strata, datum-data
- To change to possessive form, just add 's. Except for it-its.
- I before E except after C and except in words like weight, sleight, height...
- Why are "overseer" and "oversight" so different
- Our prepositions are insane. How is it that when the alarm goes off, it's different to when the light goes off? Or why is burning up and burning down a house the same thing.


I bet I'll think of more but this will do for now for now.