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Phore ah langwaj that braykes the roolz az offen az Englysh duz, lerning cumpleetlee buy funeticks iz impossibuhl.

As others have said, we all have sight words whether we were taught that way or not - none of us have to decode the word "cat" when we see it as adults (I hope). I think learning whole words from the start is essential.