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From: R H Draney <dadoc...@spamcop.net>
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: Spell "coffee"
Date: 27 Apr 2012 00:57:31 -0700
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fabzorba filted:
>
>
>Donna Richoux's mini-FAQ on spelling reform
>http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_thread/thread/4055e42a06bd551c#
>details the following:
>
>It's an alternative spelling of "chestnut". :-)  O.K., it's "fish",
>re-spelled to demonstrate the inconsistency of English spelling:
>"gh"
>as in "cough", "o" as in "women", "ti" as in "nation".
>This idea is used as a humorous educational tool to make us think
>about
>the irregularity of English spelling, which lacks perfect one-to-one
>correspondence between sounds and symbols.
>In fact, one can say that "ghoti" shows that English spelling is
>kind,
>considerate, and easy. Why?  Because fish isn't really spelled
>"ghoti"!

Besides, as any fule kno, "ghoti" is silent:

  gh as in "though"
  o  as in "people"
  t  as in "ballet"
  i  as in "maize"

....r


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