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ms660 · 20th Mar 2017, 2:03 pm

A bit of trivea, the origin of ghoti/fish goes back earlier to a distant relative of mine, William Ollier, he was a journalist and was the son of Charles Ollier, Charles Ollier was Percy Shelley's publisher (amongst others) He turned down the offer to publish Mary Shelly's Frankenstein.

The ghoti/fish thing was mentioned in a letter written by Charles Ollier to his life long friend Leigh Hunt.

Lawrence.

20th Mar 2017, 2:03 pm	#73
ms660 Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Cornwall, UK. Posts: 13,454	Re: The phonetic alphabet and the modern world. A bit of trivea, the origin of ghoti/fish goes back earlier to a distant relative of mine, William Ollier, he was a journalist and was the son of Charles Ollier, Charles Ollier was Percy Shelley's publisher (amongst others) He turned down the offer to publish Mary Shelly's Frankenstein. The ghoti/fish thing was mentioned in a letter written by Charles Ollier to his life long friend Leigh Hunt. Lawrence.