A blog about boats, fishing, water sports and having fun on the ocean
Why does ghoti spell fish?
by
“Ghoti” is “Fish”
If you take the “gh” from “rough,” the “o” from “women” and the “ti” from “motion” you end up with the same pronunciation as the more common spelling “fish.”
The word “ghoti” is not even a real word. But it shows the inconsistency of English spelling. It is very important to understand that English spelling and English pronunciation are not always the same.
How do you spell fish fish?
Who came up with ghoti?
One of the sturdiest linguistic canards is that George Bernard Shaw facetiously proposed spelling fish as ghoti, with gh pronounced as in laugh, o as in women, and ti as in nation. This respelling, the story goes, was intended by Shaw to highlight the absurdity of English orthography.
The word is intended to be pronounced in the same way (/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/.
Why do Indians use V instead of W?
It is because indian languages are derived mainly from aryan and dravidian groups and in both groups there is no sound who denotes w instead w is pronounced as v. As it is so similar to v. But there are many languages like Magadhi, bengali and assamese where is no va sound they use ba as a alternative.
What is Ghoti Brahmin?
Among the Bengalis of India, the term “Ghoti” is given to those people who are native to the western part of the ancient Bengal region while the term “Bangal” are used for the social sub-groups indicating the ancestral origin of a family from Bangladesh or Purbo Bango which was historically the eastern part of Bengal
Who invented the English spelling?
Samuel Johnson, poet, wit, essayist, biographer, critic and eccentric, broadly credited with the standardisation of English spelling into its pre-current form in his Dictionary of the English Language (1755).
Why do Bengali pronounce V as B?
Because of the words which came from Sanskrit. Usually, hindi speaking people pronounce it as V, But Bengali speaking people pronounce those words as b. Bengali has the letter V too.
Why did Webster change spelling?
Noah Webster was struck by the inconsistencies of English spelling and the obstacles it presented to learners (young and old alike) and resented that American classrooms were filled only with British textbooks.
Color is the spelling used in the United States. Colour is used in other English-speaking countries. The word color has its roots (unsurprisingly) in the Latin word color. It entered Middle English through the Anglo-Norman colur, which was a version of the Old French colour.
Did they change the spelling of vacuum?
Vacuum (spelled like so), means a complete lack of matter, or a device used for sucking up dirt or particles, or to use that device for cleaning. Vaccum and vacume are misspellings of vacuum.
What words do British people spell differently than Americans?
The differences in British and American spelling
BRITISH
US
flavour
flavor
humour
humor
labour
labor
neighbour
neighbor
1 more row
Is it GREY or gray?
Grey and gray are two different spellings of the same word. Gray is more common in the U.S., while grey is more common in other English-speaking countries. In proper names—like Earl Grey tea and the unit Gray, among others—the spelling stays the same, and they need to be memorized.
What is the most misspelled word in America?
Accommodate. “Accommodate” was the most commonly misspelled word on both Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com in 2021. Kelly believes this word tops both lists because it’s so hard to remember that both the C and the M are doubled. With both consonants doubled like that, it almost looks wrong, but it’s correct.
Why do Americans use Z in words?
Many American words replace the “s” used in British spelling with a “z” for words such as “realize,” “apologize” and “cozy.” Using a “z” instead of an “s” makes more sense because we pronounce these words with a “z” sound. Besides, “z” is much more fun to use than “s”!
Mom and Mommy are old-English words, words that are stilled used in Birmingham and most parts of the West Midlands. It is said that when people from the West Midlands went to America many years ago they took the spelling with them, hence Americans use Mom and Mommy.
Why do British people say mum?
What you are hearing is not mum as in mother, but ma’am, contraction of madam, with a strongly reduced vowel. In British English, it is mostly used as a sign of repect for a woman of superior rank, say, in the military or police.
Why do British people say bloody?
Bloody. Don’t worry, it’s not a violent word… it has nothing to do with “blood”.”Bloody” is a common word to give more emphasis to the sentence, mostly used as an exclamation of surprise. Something may be “bloody marvellous” or “bloody awful“. Having said that, British people do sometimes use it when expressing anger…
How do you cuss like a Brit?
Brit Language: Ten tips to swear like a Brit
If something goes wrong and you need a handy profanity, try “oh blast it!”, “fiddlesticks”, or “bloody hell” instead of the predictable.
Mild vexation could call for “oh botheration”, “bloomin’ heck”, “bottoms”, “pants” or “chuffing heck!”.