English spelling is such a challenge, even for those of us for whom English is our first language. Kludge is a fun case in point. It rhymes with huge and luge, but it’s spelled with a ‘d’ in the middle. Which would normally make it rhyme with fudge or budge, but no, it rhymes with stooge. So I say, the spelling of kludge itself is a kludge, which is somehow appropriate.