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Re: Not phonetic but IN CONCLUSION

From:Gary Shannon <fiziwig@...>
Date:Friday, April 16, 2004, 18:43
--- David Zitzelsberger <DavidZ@...> wrote:
> 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. >
Then we'll have to put it into context: "youghotion or just drownin' worms?" --gary