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Ghoti (s3.amazonaws.com)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by Jakylla to c/linguistics_humor

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This always bugged me. Ghoti could never be pronounced as fish. Sure, those letters can make those sounds in English, but only with the context of the other letters in their respective words changing their sound. I'll see myself out.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't take it too seriously. It justs shows how unpredictable English can me. Sure, never starts a word but it's still difficult for non natives to know the pronunciation sometimes. Women is a special case, nothing to know from context and there is nothing special about ti, I give you that.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

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