Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1890 — A Lesson in Spelling. [ARTICLE]

A Lesson in Spelling.

Pay great attention! What does this spell—Ghougbpbtheightteau? Well, according to the following rule it spells—it spells—Do you give it up? It spells potato, vis.—gh stands for p, as you will find from the last letters" in hiccough; ough for o, as in dough; phth stands for t, as in phthisis; eigh stands for a, ns in neighbor; tte stands for t, as in gazette, and eau stands for o, as in beau. Thus you have p-o-t-a-t-o. Who will give another?