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Page 4 of 6 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 > Topic Options #181137 - 12/23/08 01:23 AM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: The Pook] Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2031 Loc: British Columbia, Canada Our slough (slew) is the half pond half swampy kind. There are two on my uncle's farm that keep the cattle watered but he has to plow around them. Top #181140 - 12/23/08 06:42 AM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: Zed] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12381 AHD gives both pronunciations offered here for the swamp definition. Top #181144 - 12/23/08 08:46 AM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: Faldage] Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/24/02 Posts: 6596 Loc: Vermont slough rhymes with plow? huh. never heard that. Top #181150 - 12/23/08 11:23 AM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: Buffalo Shrdlu] zmjezhd Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 2270 Loc: R'lyeh slough rhymes with plow? huh. never heard that. The UK (and original) version of The Office takes place in Slough (rhymes with plough). It's a city near Windsor and close by to Maidenhead. The UK poet, John Betjeman, wrote a poem about Slough (link). Top #181166 - 12/23/08 08:45 PM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: Zed] The Pook old hand Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 1067 Loc: Tasmania To plough through a slough near Slough (except when the borough were in drought) would be rough and tough, and make you cough "enough!" before you were brought to nought. Ah the delightful stupidity of English! Edited by The Pook (12/23/08 08:51 PM) Top #181174 - 12/24/08 02:17 AM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: The Pook] Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2031 Loc: British Columbia, Canada For years I read old English novels and assumed that we had drafts and they had drots (draughts) and our criminals here went to jail while theirs went to gole (gaol). So much for that wonder literacy talent of sounding out. Top #181180 - 12/24/08 08:18 AM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: Zed] Faldage Carpal Tunnel Registered: 12/01/00 Posts: 12381 Originally Posted By: Zed So much for that wonder literacy talent of sounding out. Hukkt ahn fahnix. Top #181220 - 12/25/08 02:14 PM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: The Pook] LukeJavan8 old hand Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 830 Loc: Land of Flat River Here in the Northern Plains, a channel of water runoff, similar to a canal, can be called a slough. Top #181226 - 12/26/08 04:35 AM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: LukeJavan8] The Pook old hand Registered: 02/20/08 Posts: 1067 Loc: Tasmania Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8 Here in the Northern Plains, a channel of water runoff, similar to a canal, can be called a slough. ...and that'd be pronounced ...? Top #181229 - 12/26/08 07:32 AM Re: Phonetic spelling? [Re: The Pook] zmjezhd Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/13/05 Posts: 2270 Loc: R'lyeh ... and that'd be pronounced ...? I've only heard the /slu/ pronunciation used in the States. Top Page 4 of 6 < 1 2 3 4 5 6 > Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM View homepage Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 7151 Members 16 Forums 12706 Topics 187592 Posts Max Online: 853 @ 10/23/07 11:39 AM Who's Online 0 registered (), 12 Guests and 21 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Newest Members Crejella, larsrc, KIDDETROIT, marksonamor, poetree 7151 Registered Users Top Posters wwh 13858 Faldage 12381 Jackie 10232 tsuwm 9400 Buffalo Shrdlu 6595 AnnaStrophic 6481 Wordwind 6296 of troy 5400 maverick 4683 WhitmanO'Neill 4186 November Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

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