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The wonders of English spelling (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/linguistics_humor

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago (11 children)

People will really say shit about the silent letters in French and then completely ignore the unbelievably inconsistent pronunciation of "gh" in English.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I, for one, love my Ghoughphtheightteeaus with some ghoti 🥔🐟

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti for people unaware

[–] MonkeyBusiness 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thanks! I thought ghoti was some sort of Indian food and was using that as a hint to to figure out the first word. The best I did on my own was gaufth-ate-tea-aus and figured I hadn't heard of it.

Hint

The "gh" in "hiccough"
The "ough" in "doughnut"
The "phth" in "phthisis"
The "eigh" in "neighbour"
The "tte" in "gazette"
The "eau" in "plateau"

https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ghoughphtheightteeau

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