13 Dec
2018
13 Dec
'18
6:53 a.m.
Word of the day: GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU — a potato. Invented in the 19th century to show the absurdity of English spelling: ‘gh’ is pronounced as in ‘hiccough’, ‘ough’ as in ‘though’, ‘phth’ as in ‘phthisis’, ‘eigh’ as in ‘neigh’, ‘tte’ as in ‘gazette’, and ‘eau’ as in ‘beau’. -- Viele liebe Grüße Stefan Wieden - Development ___________________________________________________________________________ TraSo GmbH Nonnenstraße 42 D-04229 Leipzig Tel.: +49 341 355 740 20 Internet: http://traso.de E-Mail: s.wieden@traso.de ___________________________________________________________________________ Geschäftsführer: Haiko Gerdes Handelsregister: Amtsgericht Leipzig, HRB 21850