Citations:ghoti

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 * Batman: [removing card from the Batfile] Look at this. A new egg firm has just opened on Point View Street.
 * Robin: "The Ghoti [pronouncing it "go tie"] Oeufs Caviar Company". means "eggs" in French, but I don't get this other word at all.
 * Batman: The word is "ghoti" [pronouncing it "fish"], Robin.
 * Robin: "Ghoti" ["go tie"] is "fish"?
 * Batman: [writing GHOTI on blackboard] See here. English phonetics. [circling "GH" and writing "F" beneath] "GH" becomes "F" as in tough or laugh. [circling "O" and writing "I" beneath] "O" becomes "I" as in women. [circling "TI" and writing "SH" beneath] "TI" becomes "SH" as in ration or the word nation.
 * Robin: Holy semantics, Batman! You never cease to amaze me!
 * Batman: [removing card from the Batfile] Look at this. A new egg firm has just opened on Point View Street.
 * Robin: "The Ghoti [pronouncing it "go tie"] Oeufs Caviar Company". means "eggs" in French, but I don't get this other word at all.
 * Batman: The word is "ghoti" [pronouncing it "fish"], Robin.
 * Robin: "Ghoti" ["go tie"] is "fish"?
 * Batman: [writing GHOTI on blackboard] See here. English phonetics. [circling "GH" and writing "F" beneath] "GH" becomes "F" as in tough or laugh. [circling "O" and writing "I" beneath] "O" becomes "I" as in women. [circling "TI" and writing "SH" beneath] "TI" becomes "SH" as in ration or the word nation.
 * Robin: Holy semantics, Batman! You never cease to amaze me!
 * Robin: "Ghoti" ["go tie"] is "fish"?
 * Batman: [writing GHOTI on blackboard] See here. English phonetics. [circling "GH" and writing "F" beneath] "GH" becomes "F" as in tough or laugh. [circling "O" and writing "I" beneath] "O" becomes "I" as in women. [circling "TI" and writing "SH" beneath] "TI" becomes "SH" as in ration or the word nation.
 * Robin: Holy semantics, Batman! You never cease to amaze me!