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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.

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

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

Good to know! It's interesting how many ways the “ough” ending can be pronounced.

OK, everyone, here it is, the definitive commentary on "ough": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZV40f0cXF4

so, that is approximately how i learned my vocabulary lessons in school...


reminds me of the poem, that deals with just such stuff.

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.

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!

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!

I second that. It’s very clever

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.

Two words I find difficult to say and have to do at least 5 repeats when recording

Physician and Vicissitudes

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

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

...As you can see, "gasped" is still my most unfavorite.

As the kookaburra said, try and wrap your laughing-gear around the Welsh LL- sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQBGOb7iQZ0

Cheers,
Chris

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

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...

Prestidigitation.

maxgal wrote: ↑April 16th, 2021, 1:41 pm Prestidigitation.

I LOVE that word, just for its sound and spelling.