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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 4 Jan 1995.
Text/Line: GHOTI pronounciation.

Text/Line: GHOTI pronounciation.

Blub blub, Dan Hornback <cre...@crl.com> wrote:
>
> val...@clark.net (T. M. Valentine) writes:
>
>>: Bilbo Baggins (bma...@dolphin.upenn.edu) wrote:
>>: There are, there must be, *some* ground rules to pronunciation.  
>
>
>Test Time:
>
>Jiff is to GIF as GHOTI is to _________.
>

I know, I know!!!

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'GH' as in enough, 'O' as it abbott, 'TI' as in emotion.

If you use that pronounciation, it spells obviously...*drumroll please*

____            ___                   ,---~~~--~~--~~~-,
 ', \,__   __,'',/                  ('  |~~ | (~ |_| |  )
   \    \/'   ./  ,.__               (  |~  | _) | | . )'
     \       /     `, ~~~~~~';.       '-__--_ -__--__-'
       \    /     ,-`----------'--,      o  O
        |\ /\___/'             /-\ \       o
         \`                   ' .O  `\    .
          |          ,--     |\_______) .
           |       <'   ,            /
            `,      '~~~'          /'
              `~;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~,~~'          Fish by DCAU '95
              ;'''~~~~~~~~~~~~'               

--
                |_| /||~)|~)\ /  |\||_~|  |  \ /|_~ /||~>  |
                | |/~||~ |~  |   | ||__\/\/   | |__/~||~\  .
 
 Daniel C. Au       oo   ooooooo    ooooooo   oooooooooo    dca...@nwu.edu
 Northwestern     o888  888    888 888    88o 888           Resolutions:
 University        888   888oo8888  888oo8888 888888888o    1) study more
 Medical School    888        888        888  ooo    o888   2) play less
 Chicago, IL      o888o    o888       o888      88ooo88     3) get a life

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From: dca...@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Daniel Au)
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art
Subject: Text/Line: GHOTI pronounciation.
Date: 4 Jan 1995 07:08:23 GMT
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston IL
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References: <001...@nyo.com> <3e84r9$kl...@netnews.upenn.edu> <3eaibp$93...@clarknet.clark.net> <3ed7k0$ah...@crl4.crl.com>
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Summary: I don't believe I'm getting involved with this whole Gif/Jif thing...
Keywords: Just call it that 'computer picture thingy'
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