From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxa!mhuxh!mhuxm!pyuxjj!pyuxcc!amh Newsgroups: net.nlang Title: re: ghoti Article-I.D.: pyuxcc.293 Posted: Fri Jul 9 12:40:12 1982 Received: Sun Jul 11 02:29:30 1982 Well, enouf ov this discussion ov ghoti, i guess i must roll up my sleeves and toss in my two bits. (If this appears in net.jokes, do not assume that i am not taking this seriously, it's just that this is my first attempt at inews) People who think that ghoti is an alternate spelling for fish obviously do not understand english pronounciashun. 1) gh is only pronounced f at the end of a word. 2) o is only pronounced i when preceeded by w. 3) ti is only pronounce sh when followed by a vowel. Do not get me wrong i like spelling reform, if anything i would rather go back to middle english in which there were many acceptable alternative spellings. What matters is that the idear (i'm from New England) gets across. i look forward to being warmed by many flames. aldon (asa alden, aldyn, ogden, waldo) hynes (asa hines, hunes, heinz, haynes etc.) BTL Pisc. ...!pyuxcc!amh