Pronunciations (8)
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/fɪʃ/
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- Australia
- Canada
- General-American
- India
- Received-Pronunciation
- Scotland
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/fəʃ/
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/ˈɡəʊ̯.tiː/
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- Received-Pronunciation
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/ˈɡoʊ̯.ti/
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- Canada
- General-American
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/ˈɡəʉ̯.tiː/
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- Australia
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/ˈɡɐʉ̯.tiː/
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- New-Zealand
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/ˈɡo.ti/
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/ˈɡoː.ʈiː/
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- India
Noun
A constructed word said to be an alternative spelling of fish.
Usage- Humorous
- nonstandard
- Rare
- Examples
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Robinson suggested to me that William Ollier could have come up with ghoti in a parlor game of Ellis-inspired silly spellings.
Noun
A type of small Bengali waterpot used for washing.
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His metal vessels are—of brass, a kalsi, a garu, and two ghotis; of bell-metal, three thalis, three ghotis, and four batis.
After this, two women bathe her by pouring seven ghotis or lotas of water over her, and they also rub her with turmeric, methi, and scented oil.
More examples (3)
The case for the prosecution was that at about sun-set on 7-9-1952 Aghona Kachari who is at places described as Aghona Master (a teacher) went out to a place within his compound to attend to the call of nature with a ghoti (water pot) in his hand.
The gaonburha’s son reappeared, carrying a small bucket of water, a brass ghoti and a clean gamosa, and requested him to have a wash.
Household articles are cots, mats, metallic disces^([sic]) and tumblers (thalis, ghotis), earthen water vassels (kalsi), wooden laddles (spoons), wooden cattle-bells (tharkeas), and measures (poila), bamboo umbrellas, baskets, axes, sickles, daos, etc.