TheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 6 months agoAnd don't get me started on "Sean"sopuli.xyzimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1imageAnd don't get me started on "Sean"sopuli.xyzTheBrideWoreCrimson@sopuli.xyz to Memes@sopuli.xyzEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareelucubra@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months ago“Apparently, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was fond of pointing out the absurdities of English spelling by proving that “fish” could be spelled “ghoti”, That is, gh as in rough, o as in women and ti as in palatial”
minus-squareŠtěpán@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-25 months agoVsauce had a video about this! (CW: YouTube shorts, don’t scroll down…)
“Apparently, George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) was fond of pointing out the absurdities of English spelling by proving that “fish” could be spelled “ghoti”, That is, gh as in rough, o as in women and ti as in palatial”
Vsauce had a video about this! (CW: YouTube shorts, don’t scroll down…)