Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I’m probably still doing it with some word.

  • Something Burger 🍔@jlai.lu
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    9 months ago

    GH is pronounced F like in “enough”.

    O is pronounced E like on “women”.

    TI is pronounced SH like in “action”.

    Therefore, ghoti is pronounced fish.

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      9 months ago

      You CAN pronounce it fish, but you can also just simply not pronounce it.

      GH is pronounced _ like in high.

      O is pronounced _ like in jeopardy.

      T is pronounced _ like in potpourri.

      I is pronounced _ like in receive.

      Therefore, ghoti is completely silent.

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        9 months ago

        T is pronounced _ like in potpourri.

        Kind of a cop-out, since that’s a straight-up French loanword. “Soften” would be better. Or “often,” if not for the fact that it’s so commonly mispronounced.

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          9 months ago

          True! I just remembered that there was a way to make the whole word silent but didn’t remember the T bit so I looked it up. This was the first example. Soften is much better!