Spelling Lesson

[davidschroth]

If GH can stand for P as in Hiccough
If OUGH can stand for O as in Dough
If PHTH can stand for T as in Phthisis
If EIGH can stand for A as in Neighbor
If TTE can stand for T as in Gazette
If EAU can stand for O as in Plateau
Then the right way to spell POTATO should be: "GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU"

Comments

You...

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

Been reading too much Shaw?

Re: You...

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

No, although I can't vouch for the (English) co-worker who sent this to me...

Re: You...

[lsanderson.livejournal.com]

"'Ghoti' is popularly attributed to George Bernard Shaw."

[barondave.livejournal.com]

I pronounce it "potato".

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

Not "po-tah-toe"?

[barondave.livejournal.com]

I shall leave the phonetic spelling up to you.

Moon English!

[hunnythistle.livejournal.com]

See, this right here definitely qualifies as "Moon English."

(This is the term we came up with to describe crazy ass spelling, grammar, etc while grading essays for standardized test. Not exactly a foreign language, but still requiring translation skills.)