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.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...)
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Just don't pronounce it "sluff" (like "tough").
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.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/slough
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.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/slough
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Good to know! It's interesting how many ways the “ough” ending can be pronounced.TriciaG wrote: ↑April 6th, 2021, 6:13 pm Just don't pronounce it "sluff" (like "tough").
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.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/slough
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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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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.
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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Did you make that up? It’s hilarious!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.
2 Timothy 1:7. Look it up.
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I second that. It’s very cleverBookworm360 wrote: ↑April 7th, 2021, 6:42 pmDid you make that up? It’s hilarious!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.
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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.
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Two words I find difficult to say and have to do at least 5 repeats when recording
Physician and Vicissitudes
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When you're having what you feel like is a 'bad day' and then someone comes along out of nowhere and extends to you the simplest of kind gestures, you feel it so deeply within your heart.” ―Miya Yamanouchi
When you're having what you feel like is a 'bad day' and then someone comes along out of nowhere and extends to you the simplest of kind gestures, you feel it so deeply within your heart.” ―Miya Yamanouchi
Ah, but what if the physician gasped at the sloughing vicissitudes of the slough?
...As you can see, "gasped" is still my most unfavorite.
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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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