English is silly...

[Athan]

A client recently told me an interesting quote....don't remember who he was quoting...but here is what he said:

 

"Fish, in english, can be spelt "Ghoci".

From the sounds made in the words: enouGH (ee-nuF), wOmen (wI-men), and deliCIous (dee-li-SHus)."

 

Silly, huh?

[+ newatthis]

>"Fish, in english, can be spelt "Ghoci".

 

I knew this as "ghoti" and heard it attributed to George Bernard Shaw. A quick search turned up [http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxwhat04.html].

[Athan]

>>"Fish, in english, can be spelt "Ghoci".

>

>I knew this as "ghoti" and heard it attributed to George

>Bernard Shaw. A quick search turned up

>[http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxwhat04.html].

 

Yes, this has been brought to my attention.

I am a bit off in the head right now from strep throat, ;( so I was lucky to remember what I did and fill in the blanks of what I forgot...hehehehehe.

 

thanks for the heads up.

[happyguy2]

Dear Athan,

 

So sorry to hear about your throat. Be careful and get well!

 

While not in the line of pronunciation, I am sure you've heard this one many times, but it does fit into the heading: English is silly:

 

Why do we drive on a parkway

and park in a driveway?

 

hg

[happyguy2]

Dear Athan,

 

So sorry to hear about your throat. Be careful and get well!

 

While not in the line of pronunciation, I am sure you've heard this one many times, but it does fit into the heading: English is silly:

 

Why do we drive on a parkway

and park in a driveway?

 

hg

[+ deej]

English is a very difficult language to learn because of all the exceptions to the rules.

 

Just remember ....

 

I before E, except in Budweiser. :+