ghoti = fish

[James Harbeck]

>  > ti is sh, as in mention, attention, &c.
>
>
>A bit off-topic, but the 'ti' in both of those is pretty clearly [tS] for me
>and not [S].

Whereas for me it's [S] with the preceding [n] really a voiced nasal
[S] (at most). Evidently his son's English was more like mine than
yours.

James Harbeck.

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