Blaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeimagemessage-square102linkfedilinkarrow-up1483arrow-down127
arrow-up1456arrow-down1imageThe wonders of English spellingfiles.catbox.moeBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyz to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square102linkfedilink
minus-squareIndiBrony@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·1 year agoI, for one, love my Ghoughphtheightteeaus with some ghoti 🥔🐟
minus-squareBlaze (he/him)@sopuli.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti for people unaware
minus-squareMonkeyBusiness@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year 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
I, for one, love my Ghoughphtheightteeaus with some ghoti 🥔🐟
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