I Was Very Much Amused

In my spare time I write parody songs, sketches and captions which I’ve decide to post here on my blog. You’ll be able to tell my eclectic comedy taste from some of the references and I freely admit my influences include Spike Milligan, Ronnie Barker, John Finnemore and Michael Bernstein (my Year 8 English teacher). The blog title is from Queen Victoria being famously misquoted as saying “We are not amused” so I’m using the correct quote, as mentioned in her diaries, of “I was very much amused"

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Tuesday, 6 December 2022

Bridgerton Advent Calendar - 6

Door number 6:

Sunday, 21 May 2017

Blackadder Ghoti sketch - Mercorabilia

How do you pronounce ghoti? Most people would probably think you pronounce it the same as a small pointed beard (goatee) but there are some who would disagree with you. Including a member of a certain infamous historic dynasty.

Blackadder: Right Baldrick, let's try again shall we? This is called alternative spelling. If I have a g, an h and an o, and then I add a t and an i, what do I have?

Baldrick: A ghoti.

Blackadder: Yes... and no. Let's try again shall we? I have a g, an h and an o, then I add a t and an i. What does that make?

Baldrick: A very strange word.

Blackadder: Baldrick, any George Bernard Shaw fan can master this. Now try again. F-i-s-h. So how do you say it?

Baldrick: Ghoti.

Blackadder: What?

Baldrick: ...ish.

Blackadder: Ghoti ish. So if it’s not ghoti ish but sounds similar to it, what is this word?

Baldrick: Oh! Ghoti.

Blackadder: Yes. To you Baldrick, the English spelling reform was just something that happened to other people, wasn't it?