Hiccoughs!
\nby cricketjeff on September 25, 2010.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved
\nO-U-G-H says “off” in cough
\nBut also “ow” in plough
\nSo some reformers like to scoff
\nAnd start a holy row<\/p>\n
That’s row with “ow” not row with “owe”
\nYou need to concentrate
\nYou can’t say “No, don’t need to know”
\nOr you’ll be in a state<\/p>\n
Now state of course will rhyme with eight
\nAnd eyot sounds just the same
\nThere’s weight and wait and fate and fete
\nIt’s real and not a game<\/p>\n
My aim’s to tame this ship of shame
\nUnwind the Gaudian knot
\nIt’s history that is to blame
\nFor all the Tommy rot<\/p>\n
Consider yacht or kilowatt
\nAnd then please make a wish
\nI’m going to put you on the spot
\nShow me how this spells ghoti!<\/p>\n
Author notes
\nIt’s too well known for me to offer prizes but if you don’t know how it works
\n(or what it says) there are clues all around
\n[Posts%20by%20cricketjeff%201_files\/happy.gif]<\/p>\n
Have fun!<\/p>\n
Jeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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