tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post9154255555739859583..comments2024-02-12T02:22:30.561-05:00Comments on The Lousy Linguist: The Myth of 'Ghoti'Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-5468159825192066342009-12-04T10:00:14.695-05:002009-12-04T10:00:14.695-05:00I'll say this, I'm glad I never had to inv...I'll say this, I'm glad I never had to invent a spelling system, haha. It's non-trivial, to say the least.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-75788310592848175612009-12-03T08:31:02.933-05:002009-12-03T08:31:02.933-05:00Yah, "ti" is never "sh" withou...Yah, "ti" is never "sh" without the rest of the suffix, either.The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-35239308969084179272009-12-01T13:31:44.146-05:002009-12-01T13:31:44.146-05:00Yep, phonotactics have to be ignored to make it wo...Yep, phonotactics have to be ignored to make it work.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-27802941444016407922009-12-01T10:13:03.813-05:002009-12-01T10:13:03.813-05:00Mark Rosenfelder has another takedown of "gho...Mark Rosenfelder has another takedown of "ghoti" at <a href="http://www.zompist.com/spell.html" rel="nofollow">Zompist</a>; initial "gh" is always pronounced as a hard g. You can get much of the same traction out of "phoche" and plenty of other such fanciful spellings.Panglotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07811340779409286134noreply@blogger.com