[personal profile] 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"

You...

Date: 2007-11-16 01:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lsanderson.livejournal.com
Been reading too much Shaw?

Re: You...

Date: 2007-11-16 01:32 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] davidschroth.livejournal.com
No, although I can't vouch for the (English) co-worker who sent this to me...

Date: 2007-11-16 02:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] barondave.livejournal.com
I pronounce it "potato".

Re: You...

Date: 2007-11-16 03:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lsanderson.livejournal.com
"'Ghoti' is popularly attributed to George Bernard Shaw."

Moon English!

Date: 2007-11-16 08:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] 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.)

Date: 2007-11-16 01:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] davidschroth.livejournal.com
Not "po-tah-toe"?

Date: 2007-11-16 09:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] barondave.livejournal.com
I shall leave the phonetic spelling up to you.

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