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January 7, 2008 3:44 am
How come these poor words can't seem to rhyme together...?
tough
cough
plough
through
dough
4 Replies
December 7, 2007 9:32 am
Old joke:
What does "ghoti" spell?
It's pronounced "fish":
gh as in enough
o as in women
ti as in nation
Dan
December 8, 2007 10:49 am
Early in his career, Dr. Seuss wrote a story titled: "The Tough Coughs As He Ploughs the Dough." Been reading that, Brian?
December 8, 2007 12:06 pm
Ough!
January 7, 2008 3:44 am
@dilettante:
Actually, no, I hadn't read it in a Dr Suess story, rather, a coworker had pointed it out to me.
But the question remains, why don't these words rhyme? Are they amalgamated into English from different Euro-languages? Did people decided to change the pronounciation of "...ough" words throughout the history of English?
This is why I was a math major in college!