I Hate the Opossum!

I do not like the spelling of the word Opossum. An Opossum by definition is a small nocturnal tree-dwelling marsupial found in the United States and Central and South America. Why should this small nocturnal tree-dwelling marsupial have an “O” in the front of it’s name that is not pronounced? There is something very wrong and very “French” about that. Come to think about it, I do not like Opossums in general. Why don’t we all just go around and put “O’s” in the front of our names? Why?...Because we have rules and we follow them. So shame on you Opossum and your Opompous ”O.”