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A writer once put the letter 's' in 'eiland' in order to make the word look more Latin. This, despite the fact that the word 'island' has no Latin roots. It caught on and now that is the proper spelling of 'island' and you'd be a fool to try to force people to spell it 'eiland'.
English is used by the unwashed masses and trying to get it to adhear to strict rules or not change will be as effective as trying to stop a flood by holding out your hand.
English was not exactly right when you were born with the spelling of 'island' and was wrong hundreds of years ago with 'eiland', nor is it wrong that dumb means stupid instead of mute, or literally can be used to mean figuratively.
Gif þū ne sacast for eftcyme to Eald Englisc, þonne is hit līcnessēocnes tō sacanne þæt sprǣc ne mæg wrixlan.