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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by SoftTalker on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @02:04PM (#47339000)
No, "gh" is usually silent in English spelling.
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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by toast0 on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @03:22PM (#47339984)
augh is not as common as ough, but either one can make any sound in the whole syllabary.

How about Sequim, WA. Guess how to pronounciate that.

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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by philiplu on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @04:47PM (#47341447)
Or Puyallup, WA. Those two are definite shibboleth tests in the PNW.
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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by bluepeter on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @08:02PM (#47344355)
Pend Oreille is the eastern WA test for western WA.
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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by canucker2016 on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @08:49PM (#47344785)
and for our eastern neighbours: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho (and Boise too)

My years of french class steered me wrong there.

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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by shawn_w on Thursday March 12, 2026 @05:55AM (#47348500)
Des Moines, WA vs Des Moines, IA.
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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by jhauris on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @02:22PM (#47339222)
Laugh, trough, tough, rough. Maybe it should be "Vawfan"
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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by oblio on Wednesday March 11, 2026 @02:27PM (#47339300)
Ghoul.
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Re:Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar by card_zero on Thursday March 12, 2026 @02:48AM (#47347318)
Hiccough.

Loughborough, which has it both ways. (Apocryphally pronounced by Australians as "Loogahbaroogah".)

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