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Neopets and George Bernard Shaw

Helen Stickney submitted this little piece of probably-(non)accidental typographic convergence from the world of Neopets. Anne-Michelle Tessier writes, "Team Spelling Nerds 1, Team Pronounceable Name 0."

Ghoti

[Thanks Helen!]

Update from John Kingston: I can't believe that "ghoti" is an accident. It seems statistically improbable that this collection of letters would be obtained randomly as the name for a fish.