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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 or nine different ways in English, exemplified by the following words: |
| − | cough | + | * cough (rhymes with '''off''', {{IPA|kɒf}}, like '''trough'''; |
| − | enough | + | * enough (rhymes with '''puff''', /ɪn ˈʌf/, like '''rough''' and '''tough'''; |
| − | bough | + | * bough (rhymes with '''how'''), /baʊ/; |
| − | through | + | * through (rhymes with '''do''' and '''who''', /θruː/; |
| − | thought | + | * thought (rhymes with '''caught''' and '''sort''', /ɔː/, like '''ought'''; |
| − | though | + | * though (rhymes with '''so''', /əʊ/, like '''dough'''; |
| − | thorough | + | * [[thorough]] (rhymes with '''[[borough]]'''. /ˈθʌr ʌ(''or'' ə)/; |
| − | hiccough (though this last one is a [[false etymology]], and is better spelled ''hiccup'') | + | * lough (rhymes with '''loch''' and '''och''', /lɒχ/. This the spelling, in Irish [[Gaelic]], of what Scots Gaelic writes as '''loch'''. As it is a Gaelic spelling, there are no other words in English with this form and pronunciation. |
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| + | * hiccough (though this last one is a [[false etymology]], and is better spelled ''hiccup'': see [[hiccough]]). It is pronounced like 'cup', /ˈhɪ kʌp/. | ||
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| + | ::::You may also like to see [[ghoti]] for one mockery that has been made of this spelling. | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:36, 12 April 2015
This combination of letters can be pronounced in eight or nine different ways in English, exemplified by the following words:
- cough (rhymes with off, IPA: /kɒf/, like trough;
- enough (rhymes with puff, /ɪn ˈʌf/, like rough and tough;
- bough (rhymes with how), /baʊ/;
- through (rhymes with do and who, /θruː/;
- thought (rhymes with caught and sort, /ɔː/, like ought;
- though (rhymes with so, /əʊ/, like dough;
- thorough (rhymes with borough. /ˈθʌr ʌ(or ə)/;
- lough (rhymes with loch and och, /lɒχ/. This the spelling, in Irish Gaelic, of what Scots Gaelic writes as loch. As it is a Gaelic spelling, there are no other words in English with this form and pronunciation.
- hiccough (though this last one is a false etymology, and is better spelled hiccup: see hiccough). It is pronounced like 'cup', /ˈhɪ kʌp/.
- You may also like to see ghoti for one mockery that has been made of this spelling.
