Walking home with takeaway food

[marnanel]

Marn: "You know how in English the spelling system is very conservative, so we spell knight K N I G H T because it was pronounced that way once, even though we don't pronounce it that way any more."
Rio: "That makes sense."
Marn: "Well, in the Chinese writing system they have that problem too, only more so."
Rio: "A more radical problem?"
Marn: "... Ha ha."
Rio: "I did that without even trying."