Re: British GP

Phil Carmody <pc+usenet@asdf.org> wrote:

Mark <mpconmy@gmail.com> 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!