December 2011
Historical Nonfiction: Linguistic Acrobatics →
historical-nonfiction:
Charles Ollier observed that GHOTI can be pronounced “fish”:
GH as in laugh
O as in women
TI as in nation
Melville Dewey, who devised the Dewey Decimal System, suggested that GHEAUGHTEIGHPTOUGH spells “potato”:
GH as in hiccough
EAU as in beau
GHT as in naught
EIGH as in neigh
PT…
