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  • 03:07:32 pm on March 15, 2008 | # |
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    How would you pronounce “Ghoti”? Like a “goatee”, the beard?

    Then you’d be wrong.

    Obviously, it’s pronounced like “fish”.

    Confused?

    Gh = the “gh” in “laugh” (f-sound)
    O = the “o” in “women” (i-sound)
    Ti = the “ti” in “nation” (sh-sound).

    Ghoti = fish.

    Link: Wikipedia via kottke

     

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