Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 19 days agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square105fedilinkarrow-up1484arrow-down127
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minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·18 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti for people unaware
minus-squareMonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-217 days agoThanks! 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
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti for people unaware
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
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ghoughphtheightteeau