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Word: docter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Formers," proclaimed the Daily Express, "ar welcum to Docter Folics nu Inglish. WE PREFER IT AS IT IS." But the Evening Standard felt constrained to point out that "spelling reform is supported by many of the leading intelligence of the country." One of these, of course, was G. B. Shaw, who long ago had pointed out that under the present system the word "fish" might just as well be spelled GHOTI; GH as in enough, O as in women, TI as in nation. GH-O-TI = fish...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: No Ghoti Today | 3/21/1949 | See Source »

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