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English is weird
pwhodges:
How many sounds does "ough" represent for you?
(click to show/hide)I commonly use eight:
pl-ough
hicc-ough (now commonly spelt hiccup)
t-ough
tr-ough
th-ough
thr-ough
th-ough-t
thor-ough
and I'm aware of at least one other archaic word:
h-ough (pronounced, and now usually spelt, hock)
and one Irish/Scottish word:
l-ough (in the OED, but now usually spelt loch)
The Seldom Killer:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 19 May 2012, 01:24 ---
--- Quote from: Sorflakne on 18 May 2012, 21:20 ---Barry went to bury the single berry.
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I'm intrigued - I pronounce all of those words quite differently.
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It would be better if it were Barry went to Bury to bury the berry of Barry's Behries.
Redball:
--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 19 May 2012, 01:24 ---
--- Quote from: Sorflakne on 18 May 2012, 21:20 ---Barry went to bury the single berry.
--- End quote ---
I'm intrigued - I pronounce all of those words quite differently.
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I pronounce them the same. Is that midwestian? It would be interesting to hear them in their different pronunciations.
pwhodges:
I make bury and berry the same, but Barry is simply nothing like them (the vowels are as in pet and pat).
Redball:
I can hear that difference, but it's strange to me. I'd rhyme him with Harry and airy, and hope he'd not take offense if I rhymed it with fairy.
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