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ghoti (was Re: Got my Battle Droid!!)
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Thu, 18 Nov 1999 19:38:20 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.fun, John Gerlach writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Karim Nassar writes:
> > According to english spelling rules it is possible to spell "fish" as "ghoti"
> >
> > see if you can figure that one out! :)
> >
> > --Karim (Kah-reem)
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> "gh" as in "rough"
> "o" as in "women"
> "ti" as in "motion"
<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 of really obscure phonetic characters, I can't recall the other two
off-hand), none of which looked remotely like fish. He then challenged the
class to identify the common element between the 4. (He cheated a little,
because I suspect if he told us they were all the same word, someone would
have gotten it). After a few minutes of fruitless guessing, he wrote "fish"
on the board. He explained the connection, and then said 'This is why I love
the English language. It is the most versatile language on the face of this
planet, and if it can't be said in English, it can't be said.'
</anecdote>
James
http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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