Funny examples of the limitations of phonics

[Mosby]

This is his 12th video.

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I don't know if Instagram links show, so I'm using this link on Twitter.

[niyad]

1. My favourite comment on the weirdness of the English language is the

piece (attributed to Mark Twain), that showed that "ghoti" could actually be pronounced "fish".

[Beartracks]

2. D'oh!

"Dough!"


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[evemac]

3. This is how I feel teaching

Reading fluency.
When students ask me how a word is spelled and I spell it on the board, I look at the word and even say, "English is a weird language."

[Clouds Passing]

5. Weird as in unique or weird as in Dump/Vance?

[central scrutinizer]

4. Dr. Seuss book

“The tough coughs as he ploughs the dough”