What Vegetable is This?
A farmer wrote to his dealer enclosing a list of vegetables and the prices required. Scanning the list the dealer found that one of the vegetables was spelled Ghoughphtheightteau. Realising that the farmer was having a little joke he sat down to find the name. After a time he found that gh stands for p as in hiccough; ough for o as in dough; phth for t as in phthisis; eigh for a as in eight; tt for t as in gazette; eau for oas in beau. The name therefore potato.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20890, 20 November 1937, Page 13
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95What Vegetable is This? Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20890, 20 November 1937, Page 13
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