Troubled English

Posted at 7:46 am on Tuesday, April 10, 2007, in Uncategorized, and tagged english.

Why is ‘laughter’ pronounced “laffter” and ‘slaughter’ (‘laughter’ with an ‘s’ in front) pronounced “slawter”?

How can you go fishing for ‘bass’ (pronounced “bahss”) in the morning and play the ‘bass’ (pronounced “base”) guitar in the evening?

The english language does not make sense.

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2 Responses to “Troubled English”

1. chuck Says:
   April 10th, 2007 at 9:08 am

   You’re right. For example, the word “fish” can be spelled “ghoti,” if you use the “gh” sound from the word “enough,” the “o” sound from the word “women,” and the “ti” sound from the word “fiction.”

2. reyonthehill Says:
   April 10th, 2007 at 9:15 am

   I think you have discovered the next generation of secret code to thwart our enemies, all with the power of english. (Who needs Navajo when you have the insane language of the Anglo-Saxons?)