How would you pronounce the word "ghoti," using standard

[Redstone]

Edit: Never mind. I should have known that a large numbers of DUers would be familiar with this. As noted below, it's too bad I don't belong to any freep sites; I could have had them wondering for DAYS.


English pronunciation for the letters it contains?

Hint #1: It rhymes with something many of us eat.

Be honest. No Google. You can either figure it out, or not. I'm trusting you not to cheat.

You have thirty minutes. Second hint in fifteen minutes.

Redstone

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. just like "phiche"

[CarpeDiebold]

6. whaa?

ghoti ----> phiche? like peach? or phish?

still, that makes no sense to me.

i vote for go-tye. like bow-tye pasta.

[Redstone]

9. Nope. You're looking in the wrong direction.

Redstone

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. Someone else got it below, as well

Follow their directive. :-)

phiche isn't as good ghoti, but then, ghoti is the top of the line, so I had no choice but to go lower.

[Redstone]

14. You get a prize too. You guys are too smart for me.

But don't tell them quite yet, OK?

Redstone

[Mz Pip]

2. Got eee

like got milk, except it's got e.

Just making this up as I go along. :-)

Mz Pip
:dem:

[yewberry]

3. Sounds like

rough

women

nation

[Redstone]

4. So di d you know that, or look it up?

Be honest.

Redstone

[yewberry]

8. I confess, I remembered it

from school, lo these many years ago.

[Redstone]

11. Well, that counts. It means you knew it. but do me a favor, and

don't elucidate eny more than you already have. Let's see who picks up on it.

But I'll give you the prize even though you didn't type the actual answer (actually, especially because you didn't; that would have shortened my fun by a bunch)...you were first, after all.

Redstone

[yewberry]

15. I can edit.

Want to me lose the giveaway clues?

[Redstone]

19. Nah, nobody's glommed on to how your clue works yet.

But thanks for the offer.

Redstone

[Rabrrrrrr]

18. Hey, now - I was there first!

And I purposely didn't spell it out, either, but chose another variant. :-)

[Redstone]

21. Hey, I told you, you get a prize too. I didn't realize what

you were saying. I'm kinda slow, remember?

Redstone

[evlbstrd]

12. That makes perfect sense.

[tiddlywinks]

33. yeeesssss

i remember this from somethin i read while in school myself. Don't know where I ran into it. Lol. I looked at that word and I thought, "fish" for some reason. Then tofunut elucidated me.

it's "fish"

yup.

[democracyindanger]

5. goat-ee

Looks like hindi. So I guess, even closer, it would be like "go-dee"

[Redstone]

7. Not even close. Look for clues.

Redstone

[democracyindanger]

13. Is this like a

King Philip Crossed the Ocean For Good Spices deal?

[Redstone]

17. Say what? I never heard of that one.

Redstone

[democracyindanger]

24. Biology

King Philip Crossed the Ocean For Good Spices =
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

But I did not know that's what the jesusfish are called.

[Redstone]

27. I had forgotten that one. But not Roy G. Biv.

Who is also a fine DUer.

Redstone

[LynzM]

35. My favorite pneumonic for that?

Kinky people can often find good sex :evilgrin:

[ForrestGump]

16. Goatmeal

[yewberry]

22. Ew.

If I come over to your house, I'm cooking.

[ForrestGump]

29. Good thing I like tofu

:D

[no name no slogan]

20. It's that thing that Jeebus fans put on their car, right?

I was in a band once called "ghoti". Didn't gig, but made a lot of noise and annoyed the neighbors.

[Redstone]

23. Prize #3, and end of contest. Dammit, you guys are too smart for me.

Redstone

[Redstone]

25. So. Not even 25 minutes, and four or five of you knew. How do you

think this question would do over at FR or another freeper site? Think ANYONE would be able to answer it?

(But don't anyone bother posting it Over There, because I'm sure they've already seen this thread, given how obsessed they are with us.)

The fact that so many DUers know this obscure bit of Shawism, says we're a pretty bright bunch. You all may now pat yourselves liberally on the backs, because you deserve it.

Redstone

[texas1928]

26. However the hell I want...

SO THERE!!!!

[ZombieNixon]

28. Like

/fɪʃ/

However, in Hindi, it would be /gʱot̪iː/,

And in Old Irish, it would have been /ɣotʃi/. Yay! Fun with Unicode!

[qnr]

30. ..-./../.../....

- had a friend with that "handle" on GEnie back in the 80's

Edit: obfuscated the word ... http://morsecode.scphillips.com/index.html?http://www.scphillips.com/morse/trans.html

[Redstone]

31. That's okay. Duers are so bright, it seems, that almos all of them

know it.

I should have known that. Thought I'd post is because I stumped my 21-year-old son with it today. But he goes to college instead of reading books, so he didn't get it...

Redstone

[qnr]

32. Yup, I saw. But saw that others were being coy with it, so I decided

to follow suit :)

[Redstone]

34. Damn. I should have known better.

Too bad I don't belong to FR or any other freep sites; I'd have had THEM stumped for days!

Redstone

[Rabrrrrrr]

36. Well, I think the first time I saw this I was in high school, early 80s

So it's been around for a long time. Probably even freepers know it.