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Spelling reform in General - page 2

Ori   Friday, November 05, 2004, 14:23 GMT

I also forghoti...

Dulcinea del Toboso   Wednesday, November 10, 2004, 03:59 GMT

The "ghoti" example, even in jest, is inane. Nowhere in the English language is an initial "gh" pronounced as an [f]. Nowhere in the English language is a final "ti" pronounced as [sh]. English has *contextual spelling* - that is, the sound of a letter or pair of letters is dependent on position and/or surrounding letters.