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Ough Translation
Ough may refer to: * Ough (orthography), a letter sequence in English orthography * Ough (surname) Ough is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bruce R. Ough (born 1951), Bishop of the United Methodist Church * Onyinye Ough, Nigerian author, speaker, and political activist * Wayne Ough (born 1978), Australian baseball player {{ ... * Ough, Nebraska, a community in the United States {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ough (orthography)
''Ough'' is a four-letter sequence, a tetragraph, used in English orthography and notorious for its unpredictable pronunciation.Adam Brown, ''Understanding and Teaching English Spelling: A Strategic Guide'', 2018, , p. 214 It has at least eight pronunciations in North American English and nine in British English, and no discernible patterns exist for choosing among them. History In Middle English, ''ough'' was regularly pronounced with a back rounded vowel and a velar fricative (e.g., , , or ). Most common pronunciations * as in ''though'' (cf. ''so''). * as in ''through'' (cf. ''true''). * as in ''tough'' (cf. ''stuff''). * or as in ''cough'' (cf. ''off''). * as in ''thought'' (cf. ''saw''). * as in ''plough'' (cf. '' how'') List of pronunciations ''Slough'' has three pronunciations, depending on its meaning: * (for the noun meaning a skin shed by an animal, and for the verb derived from it) * (for the noun meaning a muddy area, and for the verb derived from it. Also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ough (surname)
Ough is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Bruce R. Ough (born 1951), Bishop of the United Methodist Church * Onyinye Ough, Nigerian author, speaker, and political activist * Wayne Ough (born 1978), Australian baseball player {{Surname, Ough ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |