How To Pronounce Ghoti Pronunciation Academy

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Learn how to pronounce Ghoti • This is the English pronunciation of the word Ghoti. • According to Wikipedia, this is one of the possible definitions of the word Ghoti : • Ghoti is a constructed word used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling. It is a respelling of the word fish, and is intended to be pronounced in the same way (/ˈfɪʃ/), using these sounds: • gh, pronounced [f] as in tough [tʌf]; • o, pronounced [ɪ] as in women [ˈwɪmɪn]; and • ti, pronounced [ʃ] as in nation [ˈneɪʃən]. • An early known published reference is in 1874, citing an 1855 letter that credits ghoti to one William Ollier Jr (born 1824). Ghoti is often cited to support the English spelling reform, and is often attributed to George Bernard Shaw, a supporter of this cause. However, the word does not appear in Shaw's writings, and a biography of Shaw attributes it instead to an anonymous spelling reformer. Similar constructed words exist that demonstrate English idiosyncrasies, but ghoti is the most widely recognized. Linguists have pointed out that the location of the letters in the constructed word is inconsistent with how those letters would be pronounced in those placements, and that the expected pronunciation in English would be goaty . For instance, the letters gh cannot be pronounced /f/ at the beginning of a syllable, and the letters ti cannot be pronounced /ʃ/ at the end of a syllable. • PronunciationAcademy is the world's biggest and most accurate source for word pronunciations, SUBSCRIBE here: / @pronunciationacademy • Twitter: / pronunciationa • Website: http://www.pronunciationacademy.com

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