text: who made up the eglish alphabet and made the gramatical rules? also the spelling of words...like, why do we have c and k they sound the same and in some words c and s sound the same why use two different letters for the same sound? the english language has a long history that cannot possibly be answered sufficiently here. there are some wonderful books, though. i recommend "the story of english" by robert mccrum, robert macneil, and william cran. there are also lots of sites on the web that contain lots of interesting information.