On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 at 00:49:53, P Witte wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
<snip>
>
>The spelling is acquired unnaturally. Take Gholti, pronounced {fish} (gh as
>in laugh; o as in women; l is, of course, mute; and ti as in negotiate) and
>you have English spelling in a nutshell.
Slight misquote.
... and it was an Irishman who concocted this one - George Bernard Shaw.
He used 'ghoti' as the example.
.. but I like your silent 'l'.
Have you heard the one about the silent 'p' as in swimming pool (8-)#
Tony
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