10 points to the first person to figure out what this word is 'ghoti' - it's English.?

Question

Explain how you reached the answer.

Answer 1

it is "fish" from the phonetic language.

"gh" like the pron of "gh" in "enough"
"o" like the pron of "o" in "women"
"ti" like in "station"

OK, so one for you:
what is a "ghucough"?

Answer 2

In Hindi, Ghoti actually means marbles - the kind kids use to play.

In Hindi slang it is often used with reference to the testicles of a guy.

From your question i figure out that you are not sure if it is an English word. In that case, my reply above must earn me the 10 points.

Answer 3

Ghoti is an imaginary word used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling.

Answer 4

Ghoti is an imaginary word used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling. It is pronounced /fɪʃ/, just like fish:

"gh", /f/ as in laugh, /læːf, laːf/;
"o", /ɪ/ as in women, /ˈwɪmɪn, ˈwɪmən/; and
"ti", /ʃ/ as in nation, /ˈneɪʃən/.
Ghoti is often cited to support English spelling reform, and is frequently attributed to George Bernard Shaw, who supported this cause, but it is unlikely to have originated with him. {see Jim Scobbie's article at alt-usage-english.org}

Others argue that this ignores etymology and the normal rules of English spelling. The grapheme "gh" never represents the phoneme /f/ at the beginning of a word and "ti" never represents /ʃ/ at the end of a word. The pronunciation of the word women is the only word in English where "o" represents the sound /ɪ/ and this is partly due to the Great Vowel Shift.

Another interpretation of the pronunciation of ghoti which has been put forward is "..." (that is, no sound; silence): "gh" as in night; "o" as in people; "t" as in ballet; "i" as in business. For similar interpretations, see the alphabet of American linguist John Higgins.

It is possible to contrive other similarly amusing examples. Another one, origin uncertain, is:

If gh is pronounced /p/ in Hiccough...
If ough is pronounced /o/ in Dough...
If phth is pronounced /t/ in Phthisis...
If eigh is pronounced /eɪ/ in Neighbour...
If tte is pronounced /t/ in Gazette...
If eau is pronounced /o/ in Plateau...
...then it should be possible to spell potato as ghoughphtheightteeau.
Note, however, that not all people use "hiccough" (it may also be spelled "hiccup") or pronounce the "cough" like /kʌp/. In addition, most people pronounce the in phthisis as /fθ/.

Others, origin uncertain, are:

If ti is pronounced /ʃ/ in Nation...
If o is pronounced /ɪ/ in Women...
If gh is pronounced /p/ in Hiccough...
...then it should be possible to spell ship as tiogh.
It has been argued[citation needed] that these examples in fact illustrate a lack of irregularity in English spelling — ghoughphtheightteeau would be a ridiculous way to spell potato, and in English, potato isn't spelled even close to that way. Because of this, it is claimed that the rules of English spelling, which prohibit the formation of words like ghoti, are in fact relatively sensible.

It has also been noted[citation needed] that many of the irregularities that do exist in English spelling serve to preserve the word's history and etymology. For example, the word "electrician", in which the ci is pronounced /ʃ/ due to palatalization, retains a linkage to its root "electricity" which would be lost if the different forms of the word were spelled "electrishun", "electrisity", and "electrik".

The /ʃ/ sound itself is a good example of spelling irregularity. In Imagery and text: A dual coding theory of reading and writing (Lawrence Erlbaum, 2001), Mark Sadoski lists eleven ways of spelling /ʃ/: shirt, sugar, chute, action, issue, ocean, conscious, mansion, schwa, anxious, and special.

Answer 5

Greedy

Answer 6

Hard up for questions day is it? Or should I just say Tiof Ough

Answer 7

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti

Answer 8

Fish

F as in enouGH
O as in wOmen
TI as in any word ending in TIon Station, competition etc

Answer 9

fish - gh=f as in tough, o=i as in women, ti=sh as in motion

Answer 10

fish.gh as in enough;o as in women;ti as ,eg,in education.I think it is GB Shaw's creation.