Talk:Pronunciation
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I was afraid when I put in examples of the different pronunciations of ough that someone would dispute them. I'm not fluent in the various pronunciation-symbologies, so here is my layman's attempt at listing how I, an Aussie, pronounce each of these words:
| rough | ruff |
| through | throo |
| bough | as in how |
| cough | koff |
| thorough | thuruh |
| thought | thort |
| though | thow, as in low |
| hiccough | hikkkup |
| dough | dow, as in low |
As you can see, for me thorough is different to though, and dough is the same as though.
(I've concentrated on the pronunciation of ough and have not distinguished between soft and hard ths.)
Philip J. Rayment 22:56, 30 September 2008 (EDT)