137: Of and Off Apr 24, 2015

Words in English commonly have unruly, and down-right ridiculous standardized spellings, but often there is a reason for such lunacy. The words 'of' and 'off' look similar, but their pronunciations do not seem to correspond exactly with their spelling. This is because these two words used to be spelled the same in Old English, but for the purpose of differentiation, the 'f' was added.