Why is the “a” pronounced differently in the words that and what?

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The English language is filled with these differences, but is there a reason for it?

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In addition to the other explanation the modern English language consists of words from 3 different languages that were wildly mixed. That’s why moustache and headache both end on ‘ache’ but sound completely different. Same goes for words like though and tough. Depending on the language the word was coming from the pronounciation of the same string of letters can change greatly.

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