Why do languages break their rules so much? (e.g. irregular verbs)

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Why do languages break their rules so much? (e.g. irregular verbs)

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language isn’t like a game where you invent the rules first and play the game. instead, you play the game however you feel like and nerdy people try to guess what the rules are after. and write the textbooks. and test you on it.