I can't really take the credit for it. I was thinking of a scene from the movie "Dogma." The last descendant of Jesus always thought she became sad when it was raining, but an angel revealed to her that it was raining because she was upset.

Sounds a bit gay, but it's actually a great movie. And hilarious to boot.

Also, I think it is as simple as Americans changed the English language, essentially simplifying it. It appears the goal was to make words be spelt the same way that they sound when spoken. I might be wrong though, but that's the impression I get from looking at the differences between the languages.