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Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Word Trivia
While I expect that any one of you could answer this question, I still found it interesting enough to post. What is very unusual about the following words? BOUGH COUGH DOUGH ROUGH THROUGH
Couldn't agree more, Joshua. The powerful words you shared with us here have touched my heart and forever changed my life. I, too, wish to unite mankind, only I've never been able to figure out how. Now I understand that it can only come through spam comments on blogs...
They all have a different pronunciation for the same 4-letter combination.
Mike I was trying to remember why I thought of it. I know it was this past Sunday night, but I think it was while I was reading a book, as opposed to something I saw on TV. I also remember that when I was a kid in school, I had a music teacher whose last name was Hough..pronounced like "rough", but some thought it was pronounced like "through".
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ReplyDeleteCouldn't agree more, Joshua. The powerful words you shared with us here have touched my heart and forever changed my life. I, too, wish to unite mankind, only I've never been able to figure out how. Now I understand that it can only come through spam comments on blogs...
ReplyDeleteThey all have a different pronunciation for the same 4-letter combination.
And, if that is what you were going for, "ought" has a sixth sound ("au").
ReplyDeleteI hate spam. I hate it, hate it...
ReplyDeleteweird you posted this..i was just thinking about it the other day for some reason.
ReplyDeleteALl the words end in ough, and yet, none of them rhyme.
ReplyDeleteAndrew, I wonder if we both saw the same thing on the web or on tv or something?
Mike I was trying to remember why I thought of it. I know it was this past Sunday night, but I think it was while I was reading a book, as opposed to something I saw on TV. I also remember that when I was a kid in school, I had a music teacher whose last name was Hough..pronounced like "rough", but some thought it was pronounced like "through".
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