From: pc+usenet@asdf.org   
      
   Mark  writes:   
   > 1. Consider the "-ough" situation - and I realise this isn't helpful in   
   > a defence of English - where (at least with my pronunciation):   
   >   
   > 	through 	- ough = oo   
   >       thorough	- ough = uh   
   > 	bough		- ough = ow   
   > 	dough		- ough = oh   
   > 	cough		- ough = off   
   > 	rough		- ough = uff   
   > 	ought		- ough = or   
      
           lough           - ough = ok (the Irish equivalent of loch, lake)   
      
   Phil   
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