The pronunciation of Hochdeutsch is more regular than that of English, 
but the grammar is more complex. Esperanto may be the most regular of 
all. Malay/Indonesian may have the simplest grammar of all.

English has more exceptions than rules, and that's before we ever 
consider the question of pronunciation. I came across this just the 
other day:

http://paul.merton.ox.ac.uk/language/pronounce.html

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Alan


On 12/11/04 09:53 pm Dale A Cook tossed the following ingredients into 
the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

> 
> Steve Wendt wrote:
> 
>  >English is a horrible language.  ;) 
>  >
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^What language
> isn't(hochdeutch?) ???????????



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