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Topic Started: Jan 2 2007, 10:17 PM (199 Views)
Kahu	Jan 2 2007, 10:17 PM Post #1
Admin Posts: 8,935 Group: Administration Member #150 Joined: December 14, 2005	If GH stands for P as in Hiccough If OUGH stands for O as in Dough If PHTH stands fot T as in Phthisis If EIGH stands for A as in Neighbour If TTE stands for T as in Gazette If EAU stands for O as in Plateau The right way to spell POTATO is GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU!



Pilgrim	Jan 3 2007, 05:59 PM Post #2
Advanced Member Posts: 87 Group: Member Member #393 Joined: September 16, 2006	It's better to eat them than spell them I think!



Kahu	Jan 3 2007, 07:16 PM Post #3
Admin Posts: 8,935 Group: Administration Member #150 Joined: December 14, 2005	Too right Pilgrim! :grin:



agate	Jan 4 2007, 04:13 AM Post #4
Admin Posts: 9,214 Group: Administration Member #203 Joined: February 2, 2006	Kahu Jan 2 2007, 02:17 AM If GH stands for P as in Hiccough If OUGH stands for O as in Dough If PHTH stands fot T as in Phthisis If EIGH stands for A as in Neighbour If TTE stands for T as in Gazette If EAU stands for O as in Plateau The right way to spell POTATO is GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU! that is to funny Kahu :rofl: :):



Timetrvlr	Jan 4 2007, 07:38 AM Post #5
Member Posts: 2,351 Group: Member Member #260 Joined: March 4, 2006	POTATO is GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU! Gaelic?????????? :rolleyes: :bouncing and jumping:



Vanilla	Jan 29 2009, 02:42 AM Post #6
Small Star Member Posts: 785 Group: Member Member #669 Joined: January 22, 2009	The English language must be one of the hardest languages to understand. Give me another week and I'll have this mastered ( GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU! ) Posted Image



hello	Jan 30 2009, 07:09 PM Post #7
Super Poster Posts: 327 Group: Member Member #520 Joined: February 3, 2007	oooh 02 Well done Kahu...I used to be a volunteer in our literacy programme here in BC Canada teaching others to read English. You have shown what we tried to teach. English has so many contradictions. We had students from all over the world. China to Sri Lanka to Costa Rica to Fiji!Even some men who during the Canadian depression moved from farm to farm with their families and by the time 2 of the men were 12, they had been in 26 and 32 schools! All my students were so wonderful and if anyone wants to volunteer in this programme I highly advise it! I have lost too much hearing to do this again. The best time of my life! All because of what you see and hear and try to put together . Thanks Kahu, you reminded me of those wonderful years....ah, but those people were so wonderful.... 049



Kahu	Feb 1 2009, 11:01 AM Post #8
Admin Posts: 8,935 Group: Administration Member #150 Joined: December 14, 2005	That's an old one Hello ......... I used to use it at school ...... particularly for those who were good spellers, the slower ones used to look at me blankly. It came from a book called 'Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary ...... or why can't anybody spell? by Vivian Cook.



Trotsky	Sep 25 2009, 04:05 AM Post #9
Gold Star Member Posts: 3,778 Group: Member Member #79 Joined: September 8, 2005	What the Hell is Phthisis?



Kahu	Sep 25 2009, 11:35 AM Post #10
Admin Posts: 8,935 Group: Administration Member #150 Joined: December 14, 2005	Phthisis ....... a wasting away of the body, an old greek term for tuberculosis. Quote: phthi�sis (th s s, t -) also phthis�ic (t z k, th z -). n. 1. A disease characterized by the wasting away or atrophy of the body or a part of the body. ...



Changi	Nov 22 2009, 05:39 PM Post #11
Newbie Posts: 6 Group: Member Member #703 Joined: November 19, 2009	There is English, and then there is 'English': examples of Geordie dialect [area around Newcastle-upon-Tyne], and translations. Nee mair puddin' pet, ahm stottin'. No thank you, I'm on a diet. How man, yon bairn's like a lassie. Your son could use a haircut. Howk it man, ye daft radge. Kick the football hard, you useless idiot. Wey, she's a reet canny lass. She is nice, I really approve of her. Haadyergob ye patterskite. Please stop talking nonsense, old chum. Geddawayman, ye look a reet clip. Surely you're not going out dressed like that. Me heed's proppa knackin man. I have a severe headache. Divint cum awa aal hoyty toyty. I don't care for your attitude one jot. Is it a bord or a gadgie? What sex is my new baby? Had away and shte. I am not sure if you are correct in your diagnosis, doctor. Edited by Changi*, Nov 22 2009, 05:39 PM.



Kahu	Nov 22 2009, 06:54 PM Post #12
Admin Posts: 8,935 Group: Administration Member #150 Joined: December 14, 2005	You're dead right there Changi ....... Quote: There is English, and then there is 'English': examples of Geordie dialect [area around Newcastle-upon-Tyne], and translations. Actually that Geordie dialect reminds me of many of that my Glaswegian gran used to use.



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