Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I’m probably still doing it with some word.

    • IndiBrony@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      I remember this one! They’re was another one as well which I’ve sadly forgotten. I believe I tried to make a couple up myself once upon a time.

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        GH is pronounced F like in “enough”.

        O is pronounced E like on “women”.

        TI is pronounced SH like in “action”.

        Therefore, ghoti is pronounced fish.

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          9 months ago

          You CAN pronounce it fish, but you can also just simply not pronounce it.

          GH is pronounced _ like in high.

          O is pronounced _ like in jeopardy.

          T is pronounced _ like in potpourri.

          I is pronounced _ like in receive.

          Therefore, ghoti is completely silent.

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            9 months ago

            T is pronounced _ like in potpourri.

            Kind of a cop-out, since that’s a straight-up French loanword. “Soften” would be better. Or “often,” if not for the fact that it’s so commonly mispronounced.

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              True! I just remembered that there was a way to make the whole word silent but didn’t remember the T bit so I looked it up. This was the first example. Soften is much better!