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The many way to pronounce 'ough'.
Ough is a letter sequence often seen in words in the English language. In Middle English, where the spelling arose, it was pronounced with a back rounded vowel and a velar fricative (e.g., , , , or ).
Enough Is Enough
Four letters cause me disillusion OUGH makes phonetic confusion Four simple letters with four pronunciations Make learning English tough for Asians.
OUGH has no logic, no rule Or rhyme or rhythm; it will fool All who struggle to master expression English may cause thorough depression.
I pour some water in a trough I sneeze and splutter, then I cough. And with a rough hewn bough My muddy paddy fields I plough.
Loaves of warm bread in a row Crispy crusts and doughy dough. Now, my final duty to do And then my chores will all be through.
My lament is finished, even though Learning this word game is really slow. It is so difficult, it’s very rough Learning English is really tough.
If a trough was a truff And a plough was a pluff If dough was duff And though was thuff
If cough was cuff And through was thruff I would not pretend, or try to bluff, But of OUGH I’ve had enough.
— Rosemary Chen
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I’m taught p-l-o-u-g-h Shall be pronouncé “plow.” “Zat’s easy w’en you know,” I say, “Mon Anglais, I’ll get through!” My teacher say zat in zat case, O-u-g-h is “oo.” And zen I laugh and say to him, “Zees Anglais make me cough.” He say, “Not ‘coo,’ but in zat word, O-u-g-h is ‘off.'” Oh, Sacre bleu! Such varied sounds Of words makes me hiccough! He say, “Again mon frien’ ees wrong; O-u-g-h is ‘up’ In hiccough.” Zen I cry, “No more, You make my t’roat feel rough.” “Non, non!” he cry, “you are not right; O-u-g-h is ‘uff.'”
Ough is a letter sequence often seen in words in the English language. In Middle English, where the spelling arose, it was pronounced with a back rounded vowel and a velar fricative (e.g., , , , or ).
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