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JoannaHoyt wrote: April 6th, 2021, 6:02 pm I used to think of "slough" in the noun sense as rhyming with "bough" but have heard "slew" more recently... maybe it's a regional thing? I see both listed online. (I'm from New England...)
I’ve never heard of slough pronounced “bough”- that’s a completely foreign idea to me. Here in California we say “slew”... I live like five minutes away from one so that’s how I know.
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Just don't pronounce it "sluff" (like "tough"). :lol:

EDIT: Which, by the way, is the proper pronunciation for the verb "slough" as in, for a snake to slough off (shed) a skin, and (noun) for the shed skin thereof. :roll:
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/slough
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TriciaG wrote: April 6th, 2021, 6:13 pm Just don't pronounce it "sluff" (like "tough"). :lol:

EDIT: Which, by the way, is the proper pronunciation for the verb "slough" as in, for a snake to slough off (shed) a skin, and (noun) for the shed skin thereof. :roll:
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/slough
Good to know! It's interesting how many ways the “ough” ending can be pronounced.
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OK, everyone, here it is, the definitive commentary on "ough": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZV40f0cXF4
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so, that is approximately how i learned my vocabulary lessons in school...
:D :clap: :lol:

reminds me of the poem, that deals with just such stuff.
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There was a young lady called Psyche
Who was heard to ejaculate "Pcryche!"
For while riding her pbych
She ran over a ptych
And fell into a hedge, which was pspyche.
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SonOfTheExiles wrote: April 7th, 2021, 2:39 pm There was a young lady called Psyche
Who was heard to ejaculate "Pcryche!"
For while riding her pbych
She ran over a ptych
And fell into a hedge, which was pspyche.
Did you make that up? It’s hilarious! :lol:
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Bookworm360 wrote: April 7th, 2021, 6:42 pm
SonOfTheExiles wrote: April 7th, 2021, 2:39 pm There was a young lady called Psyche
Who was heard to ejaculate "Pcryche!"
For while riding her pbych
She ran over a ptych
And fell into a hedge, which was pspyche.
Did you make that up? It’s hilarious! :lol:
I second that. It’s very clever :lol:
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SonOfTheExiles wrote: April 7th, 2021, 2:39 pm There was a young lady called Psyche
Who was heard to ejaculate "Pcryche!"
For while riding her pbych
She ran over a ptych
And fell into a hedge, which was pspyche.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Two words I find difficult to say and have to do at least 5 repeats when recording

Physician and Vicissitudes

:D :D :D
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wib66 wrote: April 11th, 2021, 3:58 pm Two words I find difficult to say and have to do at least 5 repeats when recording

Physician and Vicissitudes

:D :D :D
Ah, but what if the physician gasped at the sloughing vicissitudes of the slough?

...As you can see, "gasped" is still my most unfavorite. :shock:
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As the kookaburra said, try and wrap your laughing-gear around the Welsh LL- sound.

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wib66 wrote: April 11th, 2021, 3:58 pm Two words I find difficult to say and have to do at least 5 repeats when recording

Physician and Vicissitudes

:D :D :D
I have several words like vicissitudes that I stumble on because of their repeated sounds, like "si". I break their syllables up with hyphens or slashes, and bold or underline the stressed syllable: vi-ci-ssi-tudes. Easy fix for me. I hope it helps you.

But stumbling on them makes fun bloopers...
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Prestidigitation.
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maxgal wrote: April 16th, 2021, 1:41 pm Prestidigitation.
I LOVE that word, just for its sound and spelling.
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