My confusion with complaints about English is the expectation of rules being across the board. Pretty much all languages have irregular verbs or nouns that conjugate differently than the standard method laid out in that language. Portugese and French have a fuckton of these, no one bats an eye. English has a few inconsistencies, everyone loses their shit. The amount of inconsistencies in English are pretty damn few compared to other languages I attempted. While I get the spelling is an issue, it's not like it's alone in that department.