The Not So Lowly Potato

If GH can stand for P as in hiccough

If OUGH  can stand for O as in dough

If PHTH can stand for T as in phthisis

If EIGH can stand for A as in neighbor

If TTE can stand for T as in gazette

If EAU can stand for O as in plateau

We should all start spelling potato as:

GHOUGHPHTHEIGHTTEEAU