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Gee each owe tea eye smells fish = G H O T I spells "fish"
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* '''Gee each owe tea eye smells fish:''' G H O T I spells "fish" GH as in 'rough', O as in 'women', TI as in 'station'. The creation of the word is frequently attributed to George Bernard Shaw, who used it as an example of irrational English spelling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti
  
GH as in 'rough', O as in 'women', TI as in 'station'.
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The creation of the word is frequently attributed to George Bernard Shaw.
 
 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti
 

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  • Gee each owe tea eye smells fish: G H O T I spells "fish" GH as in 'rough', O as in 'women', TI as in 'station'. The creation of the word is frequently attributed to George Bernard Shaw, who used it as an example of irrational English spelling. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti