[ELI5] Why have some languages like Spanish kept the pronunciation of the written language so that it can still be read phonetically, while spoken English deviated so much from the original spelling?

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[ELI5] Why have some languages like Spanish kept the pronunciation of the written language so that it can still be read phonetically, while spoken English deviated so much from the original spelling?

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Answer 1

Spanish has an academy whose mission is to standardize and grow the Spanish language, so that helps Spanish to keep its strict pronunciation. English is, and has always been, a total shitshow, linguistically speaking.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Academies_of_the_Spanish_Language](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_Academies_of_the_Spanish_Language)