Confused ......

[Ingleby_Flash]

The boy swam out to the buoy and both b???’s sank.

someone please help fill in the ???’s

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

 

[Millbrook]

At a tangent and probably to well known but how do you pronounce;

GHOTI

 

[coluka]

At a tangent and probably to well known but how do you pronounce;

GHOTI

Fish

 

[Millbrook]

Fish

I knew a clever chap like you would know it.
Care to explain why before we get the exasperated calls that it cannot be the case?

 

[Muttley]

Quin-Oh-Ah

or

Keen-wah?

I insist on the first as much to annoy my kids as much as anything else (and I'd rather have rice, it's shidt)

 

[Brian Marwood]

Quin-Oh-Ah

or

Keen-wah?

I insist on the first as much to annoy my kids as much as anything else (and I'd rather have rice, it's shidt)

I pronounce it 'notthatcrapagain' when my wife has prepared it for dinner.

 

[Brian Marwood]

I knew a clever chap like you would know it.
Care to explain why before we get the exasperated calls that it cannot be the case?

• gh, pronounced /f/ as in enough /ɪˈnʌf/ or tough /tʌf/;
• o, pronounced /ɪ/ as in women /ˈwɪmɪn/;
• ti, pronounced /ʃ/ as in nation /ˈneɪʃən/ or motion /ˈmoʊʃən/.

 

[Millbrook]

• gh, pronounced /f/ as in enough /ɪˈnʌf/ or tough /tʌf/;
• o, pronounced /ɪ/ as in women /ˈwɪmɪn/;
• ti, pronounced /ʃ/ as in nation /ˈneɪʃən/ or motion /ˈmoʊʃən/.

Correct and thanks Brian.