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English is weird
pwhodges:
...through (oo); hiccough (up); thought (or); thorough (uh/ə).
Special mentions: "Slough" can have three of those sounds, with three different meanings; and the town name "Loughborough" uses two of them in the same word (ˈlʌfb(ə)rə)!
Oh, and "hock" is an acceptable alternative pronunciation of hough according to the OED.
Morituri:
English spelling is actually a much better guide to what English pronunciation in the 17th century was like than it is to what English pronunciation today is like.
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 22 Feb 2019, 02:08 ---...through (oo); hiccough (up); thought (or); thorough (uh/ə).
Special mentions: "Slough" can have three of those sounds, with three different meanings; and the town name "Loughborough" uses two of them in the same word (ˈlʌfb(ə)rə)!
Oh, and "hock" is an acceptable alternative pronunciation of hough according to the OED.
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What can I tell ya... it's wrong!!!! :)
pwhodges:
Well, Chambers dictionary also says that - and is, I am led to believe, generally a more reliable source for Scottish usage. And remember, dictionaries are about reported usage, not opinion of what is right or wrong.
JoeCovenant:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 25 Feb 2019, 02:12 ---Well, Chambers dictionary also says that - and is, I am led to believe, generally a more reliable source for Scottish usage. And remember, dictionaries are about reported usage, not opinion of what is right or wrong.
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Of course...
But this is a fact... FACT, I tells ya!!! :)
(Joking aside, I can honestly say I have NEVER heard it pronounced that way. Hock is a totally different thing (the end of a pigs leg! But NOT the hoof!))
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