As someone that speaks English as my second language, the trick of English is to memorize all the exceptions and then accept that the English spelling is just made up to mess with foreigners.
Looking at you, the "b" in debt, that I was pronouncing for a long time growing up and learning a lot of words from reading.
Looking at you, the "b" in debt, that I was pronouncing for a long time growing up and learning a lot of words from reading.