Riddle

[securespark]

Anyone know what this word means?

GHOTI

You may have seen it before, so I might be wasting my time.

If you haven't seen it before, think laterally..

 

[TexMex]

You take the GH as in cough, so that makes a "f" sound
you take the O as in Women, so that makes a "I" sound
you take the TI as in Nation, so that makes a "SH" sound

so the whole word spells FISH.

 

[Studders]

Anyone know what this word means?

GHOTI

Yes, but I cheated so it don't count. Interesting though.

 

[TexMex]

Reminds me of the siamese National anthem as tought to me by my brother when I was kid. Try singing the following out loud to the tune of god save the queen.

Ah wah tarn ah Siam.

 

[Studders]

Ah wah tarn ah Siam.

Grief it must be time for my forty winks. I had to 'sing' it several times before the penny dropped.

 

[ninebob]

How about this old chestnut?

Angry and hungry are two words that end in '-gry'. There are three words in the English language. What is the third word? Everyone knows what it means and everyone uses it every day. Look closely and I have already given you the third word. What is it?

 

[AdamW]

What.

Have any of you seen that new musical, "Idiots say no"?

 

[securespark]

Like that old lin I learnt at school - "Polish it behind the door".

 

[pipme]

Anyone know what this word means?

GHOTI

You may have seen it before, so I might be wasting my time.

If you haven't seen it before, think laterally..

From old Berny Shaw, down the plough on the screech !

P

 

[kendor]

How about this old chestnut?

Angry and hungry are two words that end in '-gry'. There are three words in the English language. What is the third word? Everyone knows what it means and everyone uses it every day. Look closely and I have already given you the third word. What is it?

Language, pretty fast answer eh?

 

[AdamW]

*ooops*

 

[ninebob]

Nope, it's "language". There are three words in the english language.

 

[AdamW]

No there's not, there's about 300,000 and it's increasing.

 

[breezer]

no its deffinently 3

language, english, the

 

[securespark]

OK, Mr Smartypants Alcopoppy, Try spending a day using those three words alone and see how far you get!