Ghoti pronounced fish

For decades newspapers repeated the claim that George Bernard Shaw used the word 'ghoti' as an example of the often bizarre disconnect between the spelling of English words and their pronunciation. He argued that 'ghoti' could be pronounced 'fish'.

Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - Aug 7, 1955

But according to the Language Log blog, there's no evidence that Shaw ever used the Ghoti example. Plus, the Ghoti anecdote was being passed around before Shaw was even born.

Another example: 'Loeyephtheau!' could be pronounced 'Righto!'

Indianapolis Star - Mar 24, 1946