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minus-squareelucubra@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 months ago“Apparently, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was fond of pointing out the absurdities of English spelling by proving that “fish” could be spelled “ghoti”, That is, gh as in rough, o as in women and ti as in palatial”
minus-squarestepan@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 month agoVsauce had a video about this! (CW: YouTube shorts, don’t scroll down…)
“Apparently, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was fond of pointing out the absurdities of English spelling by proving that “fish” could be spelled “ghoti”, That is, gh as in rough, o as in women and ti as in palatial”
Vsauce had a video about this! (CW: YouTube shorts, don’t scroll down…)