Most Annoying Thing in the English Language

[Shores of Tripoli]

So we all know that some things in the English language just don't make much sense, like the various different types of "their"s, or silent consonants like in the words "know" and "psychotic", but what is the most annoying of them all? Tell me your opinion.

For me it's the fact the "Imperial" starts with an "I" but "Empire"  starts with an "E".

[Drakus]

The lack of patterns—there are 8 darned ways to pronounce ough—and non of them should like oh-oo-g.

[Gen. Volkov]

Imperial comes from the Latin "Imperator", which is the same thing as the English word Emperor. The reason there is a difference even though they both refer to the same thing is because one is Latin, while the other is germanic. Same deal with the different pronunciations, its because you are switching between root languages. English is about a third german, a third latin, and a third french. That's what you hate about English, that its a bastardized language.

[Genevieve]

Its

[Shores of Tripoli]

Imperial comes from the Latin "Imperator", which is the same thing as the English word Emperor. The reason there is a difference even though they both refer to the same thing is because one is Latin, while the other is germanic. Same deal with the different pronunciations, its because you are switching between root languages. English is about a third german, a third latin, and a third french. That's what you hate about English, that its a bastardized language.

Yea I know that these things have reason for them, it's just annoying how complicated English is compared to other languages. I'm learning French right now and I have to say that I'm really enjoying it. It's a really easy language to learn.

[Drakus]

I love and hate English for these reasons; English, being a mélange of many different languages, gives it access to words, derivatives, and roots that mix and match to form treasure troves of vocabulary and prose. Bad news is, it's so, so, so very hard to memorize all of this.