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Chthonic confesses: "Only last year did I discover why the lids of things in tubes have a recessed pointy bit built into them." Tell us about the facepalm moment when you realised you were doing something wrong.

(I helped save b3ta! Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 15 Jul 2010, 13:23)
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When I taught EFL, I used to use
"PHOTI", and tell the kids how it's pronounced "fish"

That was fun.

Mind - teaching grateful, well-behaved foreign kids - ace.

Having your own English corrected by a 12yo Romanian - Priceless.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 16:02, 2 replies)
Haha.
My u/n is getting updated now....
(god_is_a_ghoti Carpe Deum., Mon 19 Jul 2010, 16:10, closed)
pedantic twat alert
Do you mean GHOTI?
(the_icks has the sweet essence of giraffe, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 16:10, closed)
Photi.
ph as in photo
o as in women
ti as in station.

Is that right?
(god_is_a_ghoti Carpe Deum., Mon 19 Jul 2010, 16:12, closed)
And
GH as in enough (inuff).
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 16:13, closed)

*facepalm*

(again)
(god_is_a_ghoti Carpe Deum., Mon 19 Jul 2010, 16:13, closed)
you and me both

(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 16:20, closed)
Surely women isn't pronounced "wimmin"
Or am I doing it wrong?
(Shippy likes linebreaks and doesn't care what you think, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 17:38, closed)
What if there are 3 women sucking my cock?
How do you pronounce it then?
(god_is_a_ghoti Carpe Deum., Mon 19 Jul 2010, 18:09, closed)
I'd pronounce it "youluckbastard"
Ok, got you.

EDIT: Actually I'm being a massive spaz, women vs woman. The first is obviously wimmin. I should sleep more.
(Shippy likes linebreaks and doesn't care what you think, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 19:42, closed)
Yes.
Mind PHOTI would work too.

But yes I do. I can't remember - it was 15 years ago.
(I helped save b3ta! Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 16:12, closed)
PHOTI has the fractional disadvantage for Shaw's purposes
that PH actually looks like how it sounds. It's GHOTI, folks.
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 16:26, closed)
Indeed it is
I have the fingers to prove it.
(I helped save b3ta! Ghoti Fingers, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 20:19, closed)
Aiee! Goatee fingers!
That's just unnatural!
(Falstaff's Spiritual Successor, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 12:28, closed)
Better than goatse fingers
...but then so is almost anything
(flimflam_machine, Tue 20 Jul 2010, 12:36, closed)
I use 'GHOTI'
when I'm teaching Poems from other Cultures and Traditions.
(ConanTroutman thought we would free the vulture, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 16:28, closed)

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