2007-08-05 00:28:18 · 10 answers · asked by common sense 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It's an alternate spelling of "fish" in a classic wordplay gag.
2007-08-05 00:31:49 · answer #1 · answered by djnightgaunt 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ghoti is a constructed example word used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling. It is pronounced fish,
Ghoti is often cited to support English spelling reform, and is often attributed to George Bernard Shaw,[1] a supporter of this cause. However, a biography of Shaw attributes it instead to an anonymous spelling reformer
2007-08-05 00:44:22 · answer #2 · answered by Quizard 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ghoti is a constructed example word used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling. It is pronounced /fɪʃ/, just like fish:
gh, /f/ as in laugh, /læf, læːf, laːf/;
o, /ɪ/ as in women, /ˈwɪmɪn, ˈwɪmən/; and
ti, /ʃ/ as in nation, /ˈneɪʃən/.
2007-08-05 00:35:06 · answer #3 · answered by ?u?ube 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ghoti is an imaginary word used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling. It is pronounced fish: "gh" () as in laugh (); "o" () as in women (); "ti" () as in nation ().
2007-08-05 00:37:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Fish,
pronounce gh, /f/ as in laugh,
pronounce o, /ɪ/ as in women
pronounce ti, /ʃ/ as in nation
George Bernard Shaw is attributed with creating the word in an effort to show the flaws in the English language
Dude had way too much time on his hands!
2007-08-05 00:38:49 · answer #5 · answered by Walking Dude 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ghoti Definition
2016-10-16 05:04:03 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Although in practice pronounced "GO-tee" or "GO-tie", it is actually an "acceptable" spelling of "fish" attributed to George Bernard Shaw. He is reputed to have said that the spellings of various sounds in the english language was so many and varied that a perfectly acceptable spelling of "fish" would be "ghoti". "gh" = "f" as in "rough", "o" = "i" as in "women" and "ti" = "sh" as in "motion".
2007-08-05 05:41:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fish. Work it out for yourself! The lack of logic in English spelling!
2007-08-05 01:38:41 · answer #8 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a contrived word that is promounced as 'fish'
It's made up of three word particles
'Gh' pronounced as in 'rough'
'o' pronounced as in 'women'
and 'ti' pronounced as in 'nation'
Fish. Get it?
2007-08-05 00:34:48 · answer #9 · answered by quatt47 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For our lives to have meaning you gotta be able to rim the angry bull billy no what im sayinnnnnn daaarddddd nyooorn
2016-03-13 05:12:56 · answer #10 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋