English spelling for beginners...

[OriginalGriff]

That's just the Welsh for potato.* * only kidding - it's "tatws", pronounced "tatoes"

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[Johnny J]

I wouldn't know - I'm not in the habit of welching on people... :doh:

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[Forogar]

Similarly, the correct way to spell "fish" is GHOTI.

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[Slacker007]

Exactly. English, has been misspelled now, for hundreds of years, both by British and American citizenry. Perhaps things will change, now that the truth is being told. You know, I used to have arguments with the college professors for years, about these misspellings. They always threatened me with violence and public shaming, if I went public with these secrets. :sigh:

[Quirkafleeg]

Why does do not sound like no? Suffix a 'w' and it sounds like now, Then prefix a 'k' and it returns to know, Could the inventor please take a bow?

[Lost User]

Quirkafleeg wrote:

Could the inventor please take a bow?

... or tie a bow.

[Al Escobar]

Similarly I once read that Fish could also be spelled as GHOTI. GH sounds as F like in enough O sounds like E as in women TI sounds like sh as in nation. No wonder how many of my neighbors find it difficult to read in English! sheesh!

[Lutoslaw]

I learnt two new words today, both medical (I'm not native)! :) At first I though that "phthisis" is a misspeled "phthitties".

[Foothill]

Be careful. Some enterprising young grad student might make this a programming language extension for JavaScript X|

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[The pompey]

It says forty two.

[Marc Clifton]

I think you just found the encryption algorithm that the guy later on was looking for. :laugh:

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