ghotiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

A jocular spelling of fish (/fɪʃ/) used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling:

• gh, /f/ as in rough, /ɹʌf/;
• o, /ɪ/ as in women, /ˈwɪm.ɪn/; and
• ti, /ʃ/ as in nation, /ˈneɪ̯.ʃən/.

Though frequently reported to be a coinage of George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), this term dates back to at least 1855.

Although the goal of the word is to highlight the irregularities of the English orthography, it deliberately exaggerates them, as is /f/ only word-finally and is /ʃ/ only before a vowel.

発音

• (intended)
  • enPR: fĭsh, IPA: (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada, General Australian, Scotland, India) /fɪʃ/, (New Zealand) /fəʃ/
  • 韻: -ɪʃ
  • 異形同音異義語: fish, phish
  • ハイフネーション: ghoti
• (common)
  • enPR: gō′tē, IPA: (Received Pronunciation) /ˈɡəʊ̯.tiː/, (General American, Canada) /ˈɡoʊ̯.ti/, (General Australian) /ˈɡəʉ̯.tiː/, (New Zealand) /ˈɡɐʉ̯.tiː/, (Scotland) /ˈɡo.ti/, (India) /ˈɡoː.ʈiː/
  • 韻: -əʊtiː
  • ハイフネーション: gho‧ti

名詞

ghoti (plural ghoti or ghoties)

1. (humorous, nonstandard, rare) A constructed word said to be an alternative spelling of fish.
   • 2010 June 25, Ben Zimmer, “2010-06-25”, in The New York Times Magazine‎, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 July 2018:

     Robinson suggested to me that William Ollier could have come up with ghoti in a parlor game of Ellis-inspired silly spellings.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ghoti.

使用する際の注意点

• The term is often mentioned and discussed, but very rarely used; see: Use–mention distinction on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

参照

Further reading

• “ghoti”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.