Reforming English Spelling

Re:Reforming English Spelling by jcmontx on Friday October 23, 2026 @04:30PM (#50214908)

Rough, tough, though. One single letter change each time and you get a completely different sound. It's atrocious.

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Re:Reforming English Spelling by adzm on Friday October 23, 2026 @04:34PM (#50214951)

> Rough, tough, though. One single letter change each time and you get a completely different sound.

Rough and tough do rhyme...

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Re:Reforming English Spelling by quesera on Friday October 23, 2026 @08:33PM (#50217210)

Cough and bough would be good additions.

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Re:Reforming English Spelling by card_zero on Saturday October 24, 2026 @02:47AM (#50218834)

Hiccough is the best one.

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Re:Reforming English Spelling by Squibby00 on Friday October 23, 2026 @04:38PM (#50215007)

Do rough and tough not rhyme in your dialect?

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Re:Reforming English Spelling by ctjr on Saturday October 24, 2026 @06:46AM (#50220002)

In the UK we have the town of Loughborough, whose first "ough" is pronounced differently to the second

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