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Page 6 of 6 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 Topic Options #181574 - 01/08/09 12:08 PM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: PastorVon] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5286 Loc: Land of the Flat Water Quote: Originally Posted By: PastorVon Originally Posted By: PastorVon I have not read all the posts in this thread so I may be speaking out of turn. However, I am surprised that no one threw this at the group: GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU What does that spell phonetically? It spells POTATO. Here is the break down: GH OUGH PHTH EIGH TTE EAU 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 Vaughn Hathaway WOW. I had not visited this post in awhile, so missed this. Wish I was still teaching would use it as a test or homework assignment. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #210213 - 04/02/13 10:06 AM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: PastorVon] A C Bowden journeyman Registered: 10/22/10 Posts: 75 Loc: London, UK Originally Posted By: PastorVon Originally Posted By: PastorVon GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU What does that spell phonetically? It spells POTATO. Here is the break down: GH OUGH PHTH EIGH TTE EAU 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 Vaughn Hathaway Alternatively, it spells FORTY-TWO (the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe and Everything): GH OUGH PHTH EIGH TTE EAU If GH stands for F as in Enough If OUGH stands for OR* as in Ought If PHTH stands for T as in Phthisis If EIGH stands for Y as in Leigh If TTE stands for T as in Gazette If EAU stands for WO (OO) as in Beautiful** *Southern British pronunciation ** Regional British pronunciation ("bootiful") Top #210215 - 04/02/13 11:19 AM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: A C Bowden] Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 7184 Loc: Vermont now that's linguistic yoga if I ever saw it! _________________________ formerly known as etaoin... Top #210218 - 04/02/13 11:32 AM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: A C Bowden] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5286 Loc: Land of the Flat Water It's no wonder so many have difficulty with English. _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top Page 6 of 6 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8424 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209765 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members teepee, smoothcriminal86, janbra, junebug, Stephen A 8423 Registered Users Who's Online 3 registered (wofahulicodoc, LukeJavan8, Buffalo Shrdlu), 37 Guests and 1 Spider online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 90 jenny jenny 62 wofahulicodoc 53 endymion6 46 Rhubarb Commando 35 BranShea 34 Buffalo Shrdlu 17 Jackie 15 zmjezhd 14 Faldage 12 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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