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Old 07-May-2008, 17:31
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Default Re: How to Phonetics

English phonetics can be tricky. Unlike a lot of other languages, English has a number of situations where letters & groups of letters can have the same pronunciation made of them.

One classic example is: GHOTI.

At first glance, it looks like it should be pronounced as: GOATIE, but it could be pronounced: FISH, as per:-

GH as in: Rough
O as in: Women
TI as in: Motion.
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