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Subject: 'fish' is spelled 'ghoti' - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 10-Aug-83 18:29:15 EDT
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ecn-ec!mj    Jun 26 13:06:00 1983


	My sixth-grade English book said that 'fish' could just
	as easily be spelled 'ghoti':

	enouGH   =    'f'
	wOmen    =    'i'
	moTIon   =    'sh'
	ghoti    =    'fish'

	Does anyone else know of similar non-phonetic spellings?


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