Definitions
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- interjection The sound of a
grunt orgroan orcough
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Examples
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Take these five words that all end in "ough." bough rhymes with cow cough rhymes with off rough rhymes with puff though rhymes with slow through rhymes with boo
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Take these five words that all end in "ough." bough rhymes with cow cough rhymes with off rough rhymes with puff though rhymes with slow through rhymes with boo
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When my students would comment (as they always did) about the difficulties of French pronunciation I would then write all the "ough" English words on the board - cough, through, though, bough, enough, etc.
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When my students would comment as they always did about the difficulties of French pronunciation I would then write all the "ough" English words on the board - cough, through, though, bough, enough, etc.
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Of course, we have to agree on a way to pronounce "ough"...
Kaplin's Simplifiid Speling, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Whereas in English, the same combination can give you a variety of renderings 'ough'= 'uf','o', 'oo', 'af', etc.
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We strove to extort from him the cause of this ebullition of passion, but he only shook his head in reply to our questions, and uttered a guttural "ough," We at first suspected him of some treacherous plot; but there was such an air of candor and earnestness in the communication he now made, that we threw aside all suspicion and confided in him.
Stories and Sketches Harriet S. Caswell
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How does that gell with the infamous "ough" words.
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How does that gell with the infamous "ough" words.
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The letter combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways, which can be heard in this sentence: A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.
unknown title 2009
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