Just based on how often I notice someone mispronounce a word without realizing it (or have done so myself and realized it later). Statistically I’m probably still doing it with some word.

    • Something Burger 🍔@jlai.lu
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      GH is pronounced F like in “enough”.

      O is pronounced E like on “women”.

      TI is pronounced SH like in “action”.

      Therefore, ghoti is pronounced fish.

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        You CAN pronounce it fish, but you can also just simply not pronounce it.

        GH is pronounced _ like in high.

        O is pronounced _ like in jeopardy.

        T is pronounced _ like in potpourri.

        I is pronounced _ like in receive.

        Therefore, ghoti is completely silent.

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              1 year ago

              Lacquer. (Which I believe is the only word in English with a silent Q. Proper nouns don’t count.)

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                Do you mean stuff like acquire? There are a good bunch of ‘cq’ words.

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                  No, the C is silent in “acquire.” Otherwise, it’d be pronounced “akire.”

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          T is pronounced _ like in potpourri.

          Kind of a cop-out, since that’s a straight-up French loanword. “Soften” would be better. Or “often,” if not for the fact that it’s so commonly mispronounced.

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            True! I just remembered that there was a way to make the whole word silent but didn’t remember the T bit so I looked it up. This was the first example. Soften is much better!