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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Part words spelled the same... #1579 04/30/00 09:31 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 J jmh Pooh-Bah jmh Pooh-Bah J Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,981 > ough....pronounced nine different ways Wonderful! I also note that in the UK we say Edinburgh and thorough to rhyme with Scarborough (the ending is pronounced "ura") but the US pronunciation has the ending "urrow" to along the lines of Wheelbarrow, so it sounds like "Edinburrow" and "thurrow". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted spelled the same but pronounced differently nnn 04/25/00 07:10 PM Re: spelled the same but pronounced differently tsuwm 04/25/00 08:20 PM Re: spelled the same but pronounced differently jmh 04/26/00 07:38 PM Part words spelled the same... tututu 04/30/00 10:36 AM Re: Part words spelled the same... jmh 04/30/00 09:31 PM Re: Part words spelled the same... tututu 05/08/00 10:50 AM Schoolwork tututu 04/30/00 10:42 AM Re: Schoolwork jmh 04/30/00 09:18 PM Re: Schoolwork tututu 05/08/00 10:43 AM Re: Schoolwork jmh 05/08/00 01:12 PM Re: Schoolwork tututu 05/08/00 04:09 PM Re: Schoolwork sholmes 05/08/00 08:04 PM Re: Schoolwork Philip Davis 05/08/00 11:12 PM Re: ghoti AnnaStrophic 05/09/00 11:22 AM Re: ghoti paulb 05/09/00 11:39 AM Re: ghoti tsuwm 05/09/00 07:15 PM Re: Schoolwork Jackie 05/09/00 12:13 PM Re: ghoti AnnaStrophic 05/09/00 02:53 PM Re: Schoolwork jmh 05/09/00 06:50 AM Re: Schoolwork jmh 05/09/00 07:28 AM Re: Schoolwork sholmes 05/09/00 01:11 PM Re: victual jmh 05/09/00 05:55 PM Re: Schoolwork Jackie 05/09/00 12:27 PM Re: Schoolwork AnnaStrophic 05/09/00 02:57 PM Re: Schoolwork tututu 05/08/00 11:15 AM Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,344 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 782 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 29 A C Bowden 20 LukeJavan8 2 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,546 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,918 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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