Why is laugh spelled so funny?
1) Maybe you would not laugh otherwise… 2) the old spelling is even more funny: “From Old English hlæhhan, hlihhan, hliehhan” Source: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/laugh 3) Much more curious in my opinion is the great vowel shift: “The values of the long vowels form the main difference between the pronunciation of Middle English and Modern English, and the Great Vowel Shift is one of the historical events marking the separation of Middle and Modern English. Originally, these vowels had “continental” values much like those remaining in Italian and liturgical Latin. However, during the Great Vowel Shift, the two highest long vowels became diphthongs, and the other five underwent an increase in tongue height with one of them coming to the front.” Source and further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Vowel_Sh
