I'm reminded of G. B. Shaw who pointed out that, in English, "fish" could be spelled "ghoti"...

'gh' from "enough"
'o' from "women"
'ti' from "nation"

English has the largest vocabulary of all the languages. James Nicoll said it well...

The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

While this larceny of words provides the advantage of permitting us to say in a single word what requires phrases in other languages, it has the disadvantage of saddling us with the spelling and pronunciation peculiarities of the language from which we stole it.