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Re:Ghoti by anamexis on Saturday June 20, 2020 @07:34PM (#23588361)
It's not supposed to be believable - quite the opposite. The entire point is that it's an artifical example to demonstrate irregularities.
Re:Ghoti by tryauuum on Saturday June 20, 2020 @08:02PM (#23588515)
Was there such a point? The person who invented this spelling was 21 years old, if I'm reading the article correctly. Who knows, maybe the entire point of inventing it was to impress opposite sex.
Re:Ghoti by tryauuum on Saturday June 20, 2020 @08:10PM (#23588553)
...and then other people tried to use this word to advocate language reforms, of course. All I want to say is that this word doesn't make me feel there's need to change spelling rules. Other examples, like dough-through-enough are more moving.
Re:Ghoti by tom_ on Saturday June 20, 2020 @08:36PM (#23588667)
Well, 31, if my calculator is correct! - but, it's very true that you're never too old to want to impress people, whether for sexual purposes or not.