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ESL forum > Grammar and Linguistics > ough oug, ough, ough - it´s off to work we go...    

ough oug, ough, ough - it´s off to work we go...



Vickiii
New Zealand

ough oug, ough, ough - it´s off to work we go...
 
Can you believe there are 9 (count them if you don�t believe me) different ways to pronounce �ough�.  Check out this head spinner Wacko of a sentence below. 
 

A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.

A �ruff�- coated, �doe�-faced, �thortful� �plowman� strode �threw� the streets of �Scarborar�; after falling into a �slew�, he �coffed� and �hiccuped.

Corrections to my �kiwi� pronounciation are most welcome, and would love to see the actual phonetic pronounciation of these words.

I have said it before, and I will say it again - ENGLISH IS CRAZY, LOCO, INSANE, BONKERS, NUTS, MAD, BAMBOOZLING!!!!Pinch

22 Oct 2008      





Logos
Malaysia

Isn�t English wonderful!!  Who else but the British can take such a simple thing as language and mess it up in the way we do.  When students ask me why things are so complicated in English I say there is a very simple answer.  If English was easy - then I wouldn�t have a job!!!

23 Oct 2008     



trelly
Argentina

From what I remember, the phonetic transcription for those words are:

(sorry for pasting an image here, it seems to me that my phonetic script font doesn�t work here!)

Anyway, you can easily convert words into phonetic script using this site. It�s not really accurate as regards simbols I think, but it�s really useful if you are in a hurry.

Edit:  I don�t post the script from the site because when I sent the message some of the phonetic symbols changed to a beautiful question mark, and it was too late to print screen :-P

BTW, I remembered a poem I�d worked with my students to introduce the different sounds of the English Language and I uploaded the WS they used. Hope you find it useful!

23 Oct 2008     



cheezels
New Zealand

Hey I am kiwi and I had a wee chuckle at that (hehe) LOL

31 Oct 2008