Re: Not phonetic but IN CONCLUSION
| From: | Trebor Jung <treborjung@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 16, 2004, 23:18 |
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Gary wrote:
--- David Zitzelsberger <DavidZ@...> wrote:
> what is ghoti?
"gh" from "enough"
"o" from "women"
"ti" from "nation"
Thus "ghoti" spells "fish". I don't recall off hand"
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Someone once joked that "fish" was spelled <physche> or something similar.
"women" in my 'lect is /wImn=/, altho some students in my class say
/wUmn=/--I'm not sure why, they're native English speakers as far as I know.