同时，爸爸正在写一本书，争论语音拼写的案例。他称其为“水从水中出来”。他喜欢指出的是，戈蒂可以像鱼一样发音。 GH充满了f的声音，o o在女性中发出了短短的声音，而ti在全国范围内发出了SH的声音。
(At the same time, Dad was working on a book arguing the case for phonetic spelling. He called it 'A Ghoti out of Water.' Ghoti, he liked to point out, could be pronounced like fish. The gh had the f sound in enough, the o had the short i sound in women, and ti had the sh sound in nation.)