Blaze (he/him) to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 29 days agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1484arrow-down127
arrow-up1457arrow-down1imageThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him) to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish • 29 days agomessage-square103fedilink
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)OPlinkfedilinkEnglish9•28 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti for people unaware
minus-square@MonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-227 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