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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

My father used to tell me that ghoti was pronounced "fish."

GH as in rough,

O as in women,

TI as in ration.

[-] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 2 years ago

Yup. That's a pretty common one to explain the whimsy of the English language

[-] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

That's not how any of that works.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

It is phonetically how it works.

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