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(...) Thanks not not half of it, Selçuk, According to english spelling rules it is possible to spell "fish" as "ghoti" see if you can figure that one out! :) --Karim (Kah-reem) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I read that one in Anguished English, but I can't remember who originally coined it. It wasn't George Bernard Shaw, by any chance, was it? Dave! (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) I remember the first speach synthesiser program I ever played with. It was for an Apple II, and must have been programed to recognize this construction and pronounce it "fish". (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) "gh" as in "rough" "o" as in "women" "ti" as in "motion" JG (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) <anecdote> When (way back when) I took my first IB english course, the teacher did something really neat on day 1. He walked in, introduced himself, and put 4 different ways to spell fish on the board (one of which was ghoti, one was composed (...) (25 years ago, 18-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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t John Gerlach <john.gerlach@bestbu...om.nospam> wrote in message news:FLEqJp.Avz@lugnet.com... (...) "ghoti" (...) It's way beyond my imagination. Thinking that in our language not two letters with their own sounds (vowels) can be placed side by (...) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Sorry, I've forgotten: Selçuk (Sell-chook or something like that..:-) (25 years ago, 19-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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