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Bone Apple Tea

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A community for funny phonetic misspellings of words or phrases. Bonus points if this misspelling comprises actual words, like this community’s namesake: Bon appétit —> Bone apple tea

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[–] ciko22i3@sopuli.xyz 39 points 2 years ago (2 children)

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

My dad used to say ghoti is pronounced fish.

GH as in rough

O as in women

TI as in ration

[–] Dicska@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

... Or it's completely silent. Like, the whole word.

GH as in although

O as in people

T as in ballet

I as in business

[–] mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wish I was named Tony now. I wish we all were named Tony.