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Once upon a time, I figured out the reason why 'gh' is so inconsistent. It used to be its own sound, but that sound has vanished from the English language. htt
by Kim_Bruning 6y ago
Once upon a time, I figured out the reason why 'gh' is so inconsistent. It used to be its own sound, but that sound has vanished from the English language.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gh_(digraph)#English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gh_(digraph)#English
'ti' pronounced as 'sh' is only in french loan words afaict.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin-script_digraphs#T https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Latin-script_digraphs#...
I don't yet know how the 'o' in woman becomes an 'i'. When I do, I'll have finally cracked the whole of ghoti.
- theandrewbailey 6y agoI'm not an expert, but I suspect that it has something to do with wifmann, Old English for woman. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wifmann https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wifmann