abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 12 days agoThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"message-squaremessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1159arrow-down1message-squareThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 12 days agomessage-square44fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-212 days agoHere’s a fun (related) one. I don’t know to whom to attribute it. I got it from a colleague in grad school. Ghoti What does it spell? The English spelling system is so screwy, you can make a decent case that it spells “fish”. Gh – from enough (f) o – from women (i) ti – from nation (sh) Edit: spacing and one addition
minus-squareAgrivar@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·12 days agoI’m glad I checked Wikipedia before just talking out my ass, as the attribution is less clear than I thought, but the first I heard of this was in Phish circles back in the 90s!
minus-squarecircuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 days agoYeah, that’s why I was remiss to give an attribution.
Here’s a fun (related) one. I don’t know to whom to attribute it. I got it from a colleague in grad school.
What does it spell? The English spelling system is so screwy, you can make a decent case that it spells “fish”.
Gh – from enough (f)
o – from women (i)
ti – from nation (sh)
Edit: spacing and one addition
I’m glad I checked Wikipedia before just talking out my ass, as the attribution is less clear than I thought, but the first I heard of this was in Phish circles back in the 90s!
Yeah, that’s why I was remiss to give an attribution.