More Language Woes

There are many things I persist in completly not understanding. But one specifically tops the list right now. It's not anything to do with the pyramids or even Atlantis. And has nothing to do with either women or the weather. Which is surprizing, as netiher of those is understandable by /anyone/.

But, then again, neither is the English language. Not even by those people in England, who can't keep their own language straight and keep adding random 'u's to the middle of words. Or possibly even to the end of words, it's hard to tell when they're talking.

It's a complete mystery, the rules behind the language. At least Latin had fairly consistent rules. Until they started trying to add to it, anyway. Then it became a mess, so it's no wonder the language is now dead. Who can waste all that time remembering all the special cases? Maybe the ancient Romans can, but they're mostly dead now so my point about the language still stands.

English, though, continues to confuse. The rules seem silly and pointless.

Why exactly /is/ a three-foot cable three feet long?