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Wildblue Posted 13 years ago
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Hi. I was shocked by the pronunciation of the word "colonel". Do these words whose pronunciation is far from their actual letters have a special name? Thank you.
  

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Wildblue Do these words whose pronunciation is far from their actual letters have a special name? No

— Fivejedjon

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WildblueDo these words whose pronunciation is far from their actual letters have a special name?
No
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Just call them words that are not spelled phonetically.
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"Ghoti", a word traditionally said to have been invented by George Bernard Shaw, is supposed to be pronounced "fish", using the "gh" from "cough", the "o" from "women", and the "ti" from "nation".
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Check out this poem:
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I think it's pronounced like "kernel", I wonder why...
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Also, what do you make of Ghoughpteighbteau tchoghs?
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Blue Jay Also, what do you make of Ghoughpteighbteau tchoghs?
Not a lot. We Brits call them Chrrhyscppst
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Thank you Blue Jay. I enjoyed it very much.
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