Seems a good time to recommend a book that I found incredibly interesting:

Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme and Other Oddities of the English Language

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55332395

Off the main topic, I know. But not enough opportunities arise where I can recommend this fantastic read. Turns out all the stupid aspects of English have very logical reasons for existing. It was mildly mind-blowing to have it all traced back so effectively. There was a great interview with the author on the 99% Invisible podcast, too.