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Anyone know what this word means?

GHOTI

You may have seen it before, so I might be wasting my time.

If you haven't seen it before, think laterally..
 
You take the GH as in cough, so that makes a "f" sound
you take the O as in Women, so that makes a "I" sound
you take the TI as in Nation, so that makes a "SH" sound

so the whole word spells FISH.
 
Reminds me of the siamese National anthem as tought to me by my brother when I was kid. Try singing the following out loud to the tune of god save the queen.

Ah wah tarn ah Siam. :-)
 
TexMex said:
Ah wah tarn ah Siam. :-)
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Grief it must be time for my forty winks. I had to 'sing' it several times before the penny dropped. :?
 
How about this old chestnut?

Angry and hungry are two words that end in '-gry'. There are three words in the English language. What is the third word? Everyone knows what it means and everyone uses it every day. Look closely and I have already given you the third word. What is it?
 
What. :D

Have any of you seen that new musical, "Idiots say no"?
 
Like that old lin I learnt at school - "Polish it behind the door".
 
securespark said:
Anyone know what this word means?

GHOTI

You may have seen it before, so I might be wasting my time.

If you haven't seen it before, think laterally..
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From old Berny Shaw, down the plough on the screech !

P
 
ninebob said:
How about this old chestnut?

Angry and hungry are two words that end in '-gry'. There are three words in the English language. What is the third word? Everyone knows what it means and everyone uses it every day. Look closely and I have already given you the third word. What is it?
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Language, pretty fast answer eh?
 
Nope, it's "language". There are three words in the english language.
 
No there's not, there's about 300,000 and it's increasing. :P
 
OK, Mr Smartypants Alcopoppy, Try spending a day using those three words alone and see how far you get! :lol: :wink:
 
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