Re: Not phonetic but IN CONCLUSION

Quoting David Zitzelsberger <DavidZ@...>:

> gh can only represent the f sound if it is both following ou and at the of
> the root word.
> o in woman is a debatable
> ti can only represent the sh sound if it is part of tion.
>
> So, say again, what is ghoti? Because its not fish by any stretch of our
> abused orthography.

According to Mr Rosenfelder's interpretation of English spelling, it's oughta be
"goatee". However, had I encountered as simply an unknown English word in a
text, I'd probably rendered it as /gowtaj/, which doesn't seem to mean anything.
"Go-tie"?

                                                  Andreas

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