Mind Mending Language Fun!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

I'm taking a language development class, and here are some fun things we've been through...
What do you think ghoti spells?
Define terrific.

NEither are what you think. Give it a shot.

Duckie

[Art_from_Ark]

1. Ghoti spells "fish"

"Gh" as in "laugh", "o" as in "women", and "ti" as in almost any "--tion" word.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

2. Dang...you weren't supposed to get that on the first try.

Takes away all the fun. lol Good Job. I'm really glad you got it...
Duckie

[southpaw72]

3. answers

if you bend the rules of English orthography enough, ghoti can be pronounced "fish." GH is pronounced as "f" in words such as lauGH, TI is pronounced "sh" in words such as "acTIon."

the original meaning of "terrific" (accd. to the OED) is "Causing terror, terrifying; fitted to terrify; dreadful, terrible, frightful."

here's another one: King James II, when he first saw Saint Paul's Cathedral, was said to have described it as "an awful and artificial building." did he like it or not?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

5. I have no idea, South...

Great and wonderful? He probably liked it, as if it were a monument to him.
Duckie

[Maeve]

6. I know that one!

"Awe full" or awe inspiring and showing great artifice, or skillful workmanship. He liked it, he really liked it!

[southpaw72]

7. correct!

Christopher Wren was probably quite pleased with the royal compliments.

[brainshrub]

4. Did you know that you don't need to know how to spell?

It's ture! All taht's ipormantt is taht the frsit and lsat ltteres be in the crrocet ltaocoin. Cool huh?