Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard (1992)

Re:Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard (1992) by thaumasiotes on Thursday April 24, 2014 @03:42AM (#7638924)

11 pronunciations of "ough"? I've always heard it as seven:

thought, though, through, tough, trough, plough, and, somewhat questionably, hiccough.

What are the others supposed to be?

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Re:Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard (1992) by frooxie on Friday April 25, 2014 @07:07PM (#7649642)

The number depends on the dialect. Wikipedia describes it as "at least six pronunciations in North American English and over ten in British English", listing ten of them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ough_%28orthography%29

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