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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Subject: Re: 'fish' is spelled 'ghoti' - (nf)
Message-ID: <120@pyuxn.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 14-Aug-83 10:24:18 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 14 10:24:18 1983
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And now the final ultimate explanation of why 'ghoti' spells 'fish':

	gh - as in 'ghrog' (a green amphibian that lives in ponds and
				eats flies)
	o  - as in 'os'  ("It os a very nice day, osn't it?")
	ti - as in 'tiut'  ("I wish he would tiut up, he talks so much.")

English is a very simple and ordered language once you understand it.