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The letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"
(self.showerthoughts)
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.
Here's a fun (related) one. I don't know to whom to attribute it. I got it from a colleague in grad school.
What does it spell? The English spelling system is so screwy, you can make a decent case that it spells "fish".
Gh -- from enough (f)
o -- from women (i)
ti -- from nation (sh)
Edit: spacing and one addition
I'm glad I checked Wikipedia before just talking out my ass, as the attribution is less clear than I thought, but the first I heard of this was in Phish circles back in the 90s!
Yeah, that's why I was remiss to give an attribution.