From: mpconmy@gmail.com   
      
   Phil Carmody  wrote:   
   > 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)   
      
   Yes - should have spotted that. I'm not sure "ok" does it justice. I'm   
   also sure there are still more uses of "ough" we've missed. Crazy   
   language!   
      
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