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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, exemplified by the following eight words: |
| − | * cough | + | * cough (rhymes with '''off''', {{IPA|kÉ’f}}, like '''trough'''; |
| − | * enough | + | * enough (rhymes with '''puff''', /pÊŒf/, like '''rough''' and '''tough'''; |
| − | * bough | + | * bough (rhymes with '''how'''), /baÊŠ/; |
| − | * through | + | * through (rhymes with '''do''' and '''who''', /θruË/; |
| − | * thought | + | * thought (rhymes with '''caught''' and '''sort''', /θɔËt/, like '''ought'''; |
| − | * though | + | * though (rhymes with '''so''', /əʊ/, like '''dough'''; |
| − | * thorough | + | * thorough (rhymes with '''[[borough]]'''. /bÊŒr É™(''or'' ÊŒ)/; |
| − | * hiccough (though this last one is a [[false etymology]], and is better spelled ''hiccup'': see [[hiccough]]) | + | * 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 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', /ˈhɪk ʌp/. | ||
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Revision as of 18:57, 8 March 2013
This combination of letters can be pronounced in eight different ways in English, exemplified by the following eight words:
- cough (rhymes with off, IPA: /kÉ’f/, like trough;
- enough (rhymes with puff, /pÊŒf/, like rough and tough;
- bough (rhymes with how), /baÊŠ/;
- through (rhymes with do and who, /θruË/;
- thought (rhymes with caught and sort, /θɔËt/, like ought;
- though (rhymes with so, /əʊ/, like dough;
- thorough (rhymes with borough. /bʌr ə(or ʌ)/;
- 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 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', /ˈhɪk ʌp/.
