English as it is spoken

When English is the tongue we speak
          Why is break not rhymed with freak
Can you tell me why it is 
          Namely is written viz?
Will you tell me why it's true
          We say sew but likewise few
And the maker of a verse
          Cannot match his horse with worse
Beard sounds not the same as heard
          Cord is different from word
Cow is cow but low is low
          Shoe is never rhymed with foe
Think of nose and dose and lose
          And of goose and yet of choose
Think of comb, tomb and bomb
          Doll and roll and home and some
And since pay is rhymed with say
          Why not  paid with said I pray
We have blood and food and good
           Mould is not pronounced like could
Therefore done but gone and cone
          Is there any reason known
Is there  any sensible ground
          To say would for hurt, while string is wound
Do you call it equity
          To say mutton and yet mutiny
Do you think it's really wise
          To speak advertisements if you advertise
So in short it seems to me
           Sound and letters disagree



I found this poem in an old book, I though it might worth sharing.
The poem is meant to be read aloud, the source is unknown.

Enjoy!


  

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