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[-] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 3 months ago

Loved the show Dress to Kill by Eddie Izzard. He thought thru was much better than through coming to the conclusion that through should be pronounced like thruff.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago

My father used to tell me that ghoti was pronounced "fish."

GH as in rough,

O as in women,

TI as in ration.

[-] user1234@lemmynsfw.com 3 points 3 months ago

Yup. That's a pretty common one to explain the whimsy of the English language

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