Because of this, some letters are not pronounced and spelling certain words can be tricky. Over the ages, some people have even tried to reform spelling in English to clearly reflect how words are ...

Or is it Chanukah? Hanukka? The confusion over the spelling comes because the name of the holiday is a Hebrew word and the English transliteration isn't totally clear.

"Imagine someone had taught you how to spell in English and you automatically learned to also spell in German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Scots, and Luxembourgish.