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Because of the ambiguities of the English language, 'ghoti' can be pronounced in a way that is not even close to its spelling.

Care to guess?

Posted - January 4, 2022

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  • 13395
    That must be why my spell correct feature gets confused and makes mistakes that I have to make right.

    I was kind of clueless what to make of 'ghoti' so I had to look it up. Interesting.. first you take the sound from 'enouGH  to begin the word with an 'f' sound... then the rest is easy enough to figure out.
      January 4, 2022 10:54 AM MST
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  • 17620
    I had to fish to find the answer. 
      January 4, 2022 1:08 PM MST
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  • 16838
    What do you call a ghoti with no eyes?
    A fsh.
      January 5, 2022 1:57 AM MST
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