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Koshkinyesterday at 5:59 PM1 replyview on HN

To be fair, the "ghoti" joke is not about pronunciation but rather about the perceived mismatch between the way a word is written and the way it is spoken.


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1718627440yesterday at 11:48 PM

> not about pronunciation

> about [...] the way a word is written [vs.] the way it is spoken.

That concept is called pronunciation.

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