say what?

[kuulani]

List 8 different ways that "ough" can be pronounced.

[Leslie]

oh, ooh, ow, aw, oof, owf, ohf... :confuse3:

[kuulani]

:D

i was thinking more along the lines of listing the words that those sounds are found in.

[kuulani]

(oops)

[tonksy]

(oops)
damn...and i knew the answer.

[Stop Laughing]

dough (like owe)
tough (life uff)
bough (like bowing down)
ought (like aw)
drought (like out)
cough (like off)

argh, I'm missing 2 more. I remember an I Love Lucy sketch about Ricky reading a book full of 'ough's to his son missing all of them. :D

[Squiggy]

Good job, SL. Add in bought 'aw'

Still missing one..

wait a minute..:eek6: drought and bough are both the 'ow' sound...

[Ms Ann Thrope]

bought is the same as ought ... "aw" isn't it?

what about "oo" as in through?

[Squiggy]

yeah...had that one on my list. Thats why I missed the duplicate...:retard:

[kuulani]

dough (like owe)
tough (life uff)
bough (like bowing down)
ought (like aw)
drought (like out)
cough (like off)D

good job :swing:

[Leslie]

bought is the same as ought ... "aw" isn't it?

what about "oo" as in through?I told SL last night to put drought as also having the oo sound...cause that's how I say it :lol:

[pc_builder]

"off" as in trough

can't think of any others

[pc_builder]

oops. didn't see the "cough" answer.

[unclehobart]

through making 'ooo'? Will that do it?

[Oz]

:confused:

[Mare]

Not to mention how to say these words...

cherry (churry)
water (wooder)
syrup (surup)