It's not the way it looks. The beauty of the English language!
2006-11-01 02:02:15 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
You pronounce it go-tee.
2006-11-01 02:04:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's supposed to be 'fish', and it's supposed to be by Bernard Shaw in order to show the illogicality of English spelling.
However, if it *was* by Shaw, then he went rather amiss, because English pronunciation doesn't just depend on the letters, but where they occur in the word. For example, 'gh' can be pronounced as 'f', but certainly not at the beginning of a word. Also 'ti' is never pronounced as 'sh', but 'tion' is pronounced 'shun' at the end of a word.
It's a nice idea as a bit of fun, but it certainly doesn't demonstrate anything at all about the pronunciation of English.
2006-11-01 02:10:16 · answer #2 · answered by langdonrjones 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Really, It is Goat Teeth, meaning a man's beard.
Silver Birch
2006-11-01 02:19:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
let me see, i am going to say "ghoti"
2006-11-01 02:04:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
this has been done on here before
we all know it's fish and not as the beard
2006-11-01 02:05:31 · answer #5 · answered by redsticks34 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fish !
2006-11-01 02:07:39 · answer #6 · answered by Tickler 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FISH
gh as in enouGH
o as in wOmen
ti as in naTIon
2006-11-01 02:04:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do believe... fish is the right answer..... Yep Yep.. Fish...
2006-11-01 02:05:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd pronounce it 'dead'
Then I'd cook and eat it.
2006-11-01 02:07:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
fish
gh as in enouGH
o as in wOmen
ti as in staTIon
2006-11-01 02:36:01 · answer #10 · answered by anabelezenith 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋