Joined: 15 Aug 2003 Posts: 234 Location: Hartlepool, U.K.
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 6:28 am Post subject:
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Just to show how quirky the English language really is, GHOT spells fish.
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(retires to safe distance and waits for audience reaction ...)
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Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 534 Location: SF Bay area
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 6:46 am Post subject: You speaka my language...don't give me a vegemite sandwich
And I always teach it as: ghoti (fish.) I think we borrowed that from George Bernard Shaw (one of my parents' faves...they named my sister for a character from Man and Superman.
Don't get me started on bizarre words. I love words that mean their antonyms as well, (sanction is the best one) and ohhhhhhh, those oxymorons! How I adore language(s)!
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