"Phlegm"

According to G.B. Shaw, "ghoti" was an alternative way to spell "fish", based on how those letters were used in other English words.

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A Yugoslavian friend was often quite irritated by the pronunciation of our English words. "Vaughn" (a downtown street here) baffled him - why did we say "vawn" instead of "vawg-hin"?

But then there's the Brits and Worcestershire ...
 
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