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2025-12-27
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2025-12-27
A classic that came up in conversation recently of how to spell "fish" in a phonetically accurate way. From Wikipedia:
The word is intended to be pronounced in the same way as fish (/fɪʃ/), using these sounds:
- gh, pronounced /f/ as in enough /ɪˈnʌf/ or tough /tʌf/;
- o, pronounced /ɪ/ as in women /ˈwɪmɪn/;
- ti, pronounced /ʃ/ as in nation /ˈneɪʃən/ or motion /ˈmoʊʃən/.
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