There's plenty of words in English that don't resemble their pronunciaton. But how did such an important word (is used as anumber, pronoun) never get seen to by spelling reform or any person who had an influence on the English language, when words like 'colour' and 'gaol' did? Add to that the fact that the pronunciation and spelling of the word are so different - 'wun' as opposed to 'own' or 'owna' (as I imagined it was pronounced when originally spelt).