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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. A showerthought should offer a unique perspective on an ordinary part of life.

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The letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out" (lemmy.world)

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At least in my dialect/accent of English

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Here's a fun (related) one. I don't know to whom to attribute it. I got it from a colleague in grad school.

Ghoti

What does it spell? The English spelling system is so screwy, you can make a decent case that it spells "fish".

Gh -- from enough (f)

o -- from women (i)

ti -- from nation (sh)

Edit: spacing and one addition

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I'm glad I checked Wikipedia before just talking out my ass, as the attribution is less clear than I thought, but the first I heard of this was in Phish circles back in the 90s!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

Yeah, that's why I was remiss to give an attribution.