Mastodawn

Is it just me and my neurodiverse brain, or does everyone notice minutiae like this – and then feel compelled to blog about it?
👉https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/26/enough-anough-and-the-archaeology-of-small-mistakes/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
What sorcery is this? 🪄 I often catch myself typing 'anough' for 'enough'. It's also closer to how I pronounce it. I may adopt this spelling out of spite. Does this happen in other languages?
#language #forensics #linquistics #phonetics #archaeology #cognition #signals #writing #prescription #english #ghoti #spelling #orthography #typos #enough

Michel Mariani Jan 17, 2025

Of course, everyone knows that the word "Ghoti" is actually pronounced /fɪʃ/ just like "Fish"...
You don't? Please have a look at its dedicated Wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti

#ghoti #pronounciation #fish #wikipedia #english

Ghoti - Wikipedia

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Ridscherli Apr 5, 2024

@Loukas French has a big advantage: if you see a word, you know exactly which 39% of the letters are to be pronounced and how you should pronounce them.
In English, it's always a kind of surprise...
#ghoti

だげじ Jun 9, 2023

ええ、indictって c 読まないの？ #ghoti

! Quite Interesting May 25, 2023

Fishermen in the North Sea of the 1830s could catch one ton of halibut a day, which is why now nobody knows what a halibut looks like.

#fishing #fishermen #fish #ghoti #halibut

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apple502j Apr 17, 2023

@ShadowJonathan Yeah, I am curious how this applies to Korean, which is space-separated but has no uppercase letters.

Perhaps it is the case that, while they are nonsense when displayed, it is good enough when spoken. I believe each Korean letters are independently pronounceable (unlike English #ghoti) - I wonder if there are languages that aren't, and don't have capital letters?