why do they spell it like that? The truth may shock you.

**Lyrichord** · 12-19-2023

This seems like a good enough time as any to share two of my favorite English pronunciation videos!

The first 2.5 minutes are sufficient for this first clip:

**♥ Sneasel ♥** · 12-19-2023

As a second language english speaker, these viedeos are nuts. ghoti=fish? wtf?

**Lyrichord** · 12-19-2023

Originally Posted by Carialle

As a second language english speaker, these viedeos are nuts. ghoti=fish? wtf?

It's a hypothetical example of how wildly pronunciations in English can vary!! I think it stems mostly from English's roots in many different language groups, whereas languages like French, Spanish, and Portuguese are all based on Latin. English adopts those words in addition to its old Germanic roots, if I recall correctly. Nobody would actually dream of pronouncing ghoti as "fish" - but as in the hypothetical examples provided, it is *technically* (although 10,000% unlikely) possible to arrive at that conclusion.

**Infected** · 12-19-2023

Originally Posted by Carialle

As a second language english speaker, these viedeos are nuts. ghoti=fish? wtf?

Originally Posted by Lyrichord

Nobody would actually dream of pronouncing ghoti as "fish" - but as in the hypothetical examples provided, it is *technically* (although 10,000% unlikely) possible to arrive at that conclusion.

And then there's TNT with this thing called Ghoti

**Vis** · 12-19-2023

Originally Posted by kittyray

"can't have people gather, they'll unionize!"

LOL I think your friend is onto something

**Null_user** · 12-19-2023

Originally Posted by Lyrichord

This seems like a good enough time as any to share two of my favorite English pronunciation videos!

The first 2.5 minutes are sufficient for this first clip:

This is crazy. I am also a second language English speaker and I find it amusing how fucked up English is, lol.

**Synth Salazzle** · 12-19-2023

Originally Posted by Infected

I mean the plural of house is houses, but the plural of mouse is mice. Why isn't it house and hice? Some illuminati shiz.

if goose are geese aren't moose meese.

**Excalibur** · 12-19-2023

Originally Posted by Synthbass

do you know what it did to me when neopets taught me about ghoti when I was a kid?

i have no idea lol

**♥ Sneasel ♥** · 12-19-2023

Hehe, we have something similar in german when conjugate verbs.

It's
sinken - gesunken (sinking)
singen - gesungen (singing)
stinken - gestunken (stinking)

but it's also
winken - gewinkt not gewunken (waving)

**doraemon** · 12-19-2023

Oh is that how it's spelled? Is that why the Neoboard filters fuck with the word 'onion' because it's wrong?

Shocking. The filter was right all along.

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