GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU

Трудности английской орфографии в Coollingua упоминались уже не раз. Итак, продолжаем. Ghoti, ghoughphtheightteeau - вы наверняка знаете эти простые слова. Смотрите:

If GH stands for F as in cough,
if O stands for I as in women,
if TI stands for SH as in nation 

then the right way to spell FISH should be GHOTI

George Bernard Shaw

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If GH stands for P as in Hiccough
If OUGH stands for O as in Dough
If PHTH stands for T as in Phthisis
If EIGH stands for A as in Neighbour
If TTE stands for T as in Gazette
If EAU stands for O as in Plateau
The right way to spell POTATO should be GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU!

(Другие возможные варианты написания слова POTATO: GHOUGHPTEIGHBTEAU, GHOUGHPHTHEIGHBTEAU, GHOUGHPTEIGHTTEEAU, GHOUGHBTEIGHPTEAU, GHOUGHBTEIGHPHTHEAU, GHOUGHTTEEIGHPTEAU, и GHOUGHTTEEIGHPHTHEAU)

 

И напоследок:

If an S and an I and an O and a U
With an X at the end spell Su;
And an E and a Y and an E spell I,
Pray what is a speller to do?
Then, if also an S and an I and a G
And an HED spell side,
There's nothing much left for a speller to do
But to go commit siouxeyesighed.

Charles Follen Adams, "An Orthographic Lament"

Блогер или блоггер?

Как блог(г)еру мне, конечно, интересно каково же правильное написание данного слова. Вот что нашлось по этому вопросу в интернете.