ML said
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It used to drive my teachers absolutely up the wall .
I get a good chuckle out of some of your spellings too, even though not as much as I used to.

Caroline,
I think the ghoti thing was made up to show the seeming randomness of English spelling. I used to use it in my lectures about the difficulties learning disabled kids had with learning spelling rules. it was't meant to fit into all the rules.

gerry