As someone who’s actually studied Old English and Old Norse: No, you are incorrect. it was the French. It’s always been the French. 1066.
Old English was a perfectly coherent language, and had incredibly consistent spelling rules. Meanwhile, one need only take a single look at a sentence in French to gauge precisely how much respect for spelling is held by francophones (being facetious with this last note, of course, but the point stands)
As someone who’s actually studied Old English and Old Norse: No, you are incorrect. it was the French. It’s always been the French. 1066.
Old English was a perfectly coherent language, and had incredibly consistent spelling rules. Meanwhile, one need only take a single look at a sentence in French to gauge precisely how much respect for spelling is held by francophones (being facetious with this last note, of course, but the point stands)