Difference between revisions of "-ough-"
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This combination of letters can be pronounced in eight different ways in English: | This combination of letters can be pronounced in eight different ways in English: | ||
| − | cough | + | * cough |
| − | enough | + | * enough |
| − | bough | + | * bough |
| − | through | + | * through |
| − | thought | + | * thought |
| − | though | + | * though |
| − | thorough | + | * thorough |
| − | hiccough (though this last one is a [[false etymology]], and is better spelled ''hiccup'') | + | * hiccough (though this last one is a [[false etymology]], and is better spelled ''hiccup'': see [[hiccough]]) |
Revision as of 11:58, 3 August 2007
This combination of letters can be pronounced in eight different ways in English:
- cough
- enough
- bough
- through
- thought
- though
- thorough
- hiccough (though this last one is a false etymology, and is better spelled hiccup: see hiccough)
