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Let's be honest here, English does not have that level of consistency. "Women" is pronounced with an "i" for christ sake

Because the a in woman is pronounced the same way the e in women is pronounced...

Probably that was originally introduced by some medieval swinger society, so they could say that they are faithful to their women and technically not be lying about it. When the church figured out they introduced the o as an i thing.

Because the a in woman is pronounced the same way the e in women is pronounced...

woman = wum-en
women = wim-in

Yeah I'm gonna have to disagree with you there, chief.