There is Something to Ghoti=Fish——A Historical Review of the Discrepancy Between English Spelling and Pronunciation

摘要

Ghoti is said to be the"logical"spelling invented by George Bernard Shawfor the word fish,presumably because gh in rough has the value of[f],o inwomen[i],and ti in nation[∫].①That is both possible and probable.Shawwas more than exasperated with the waywardness of conventional Englishspelling.He not only berated it,but tried in his lifetime to reformit,and,when he saw he could not outlive this illogical system,made a huge endow-