English is weird

[mellowtigger]

I've hinted before that I disapprove of some features of English, but I'll just state it plainly now.

English is weird.  Why do people "talk fast" but "speak quickly"?

Seriously.  Those verbs are both monosyllabic and end in "k", so why do they require different adverbs?

Comments

[mllesatine]

"talk fast" sounds very American to me but what do I know as a non-native speaker? ;P