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Bilbo1967 · 05-21-2009, 04:44 PM

In terms of oddities of pronunciation, my favourite observation is the fact that 'FISH' could be written 'GHOTI'. That is 'gh' as in "tough", 'o' as in "women", and 'ti' as in "nation".

nb. I remembered this from reading it somewhere but had to look it up to confirm my memory - popularly attributed to George Bernard Shaw apparently.

05-21-2009, 04:44 PM	#107
Bilbo1967 Not scared! Posts: 13,424 Karma: 81011643 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Midlands, UK Device: Kindle Paperwhite 10, Huawei M5 10	In terms of oddities of pronunciation, my favourite observation is the fact that 'FISH' could be written 'GHOTI'. That is 'gh' as in "tough", 'o' as in "women", and 'ti' as in "nation". nb. I remembered this from reading it somewhere but had to look it up to confirm my memory - popularly attributed to George Bernard Shaw apparently. Last edited by Bilbo1967; 05-21-2009 at 04:47 PM.