abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 days agoThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"message-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down18file-text
arrow-up1101arrow-down1message-squareThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 13 days agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretiredofsametab@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·13 days agoough has something like 8 different pronunciations in English. Good luck!~
minus-squareSkua@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·12 days agoEnough rhymes with buff Through with do Thorough with… Actually very little in my accent. Burqa, maybe? The last syllable has a schwa vowel for me Plough with cow Though with crow Hiccough with cup Trough with scoff Hough with frock (for me)
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoDepending on where you live, thorough is pronounced “thur-oh” and hiccough is spelled “hiccup”.
oughhas something like 8 different pronunciations in English. Good luck!~Enough rhymes with buff Through with do Thorough with… Actually very little in my accent. Burqa, maybe? The last syllable has a schwa vowel for me Plough with cow Though with crow Hiccough with cup Trough with scoff Hough with frock
(for me)
Depending on where you live, thorough is pronounced “thur-oh” and hiccough is spelled “hiccup”.