Not that I claim to really understand it, but here's a page with a sample:
http://www.fun-with-english.co.uk/2005/03/importance-of-correct-pronunciation.html Wikipedia claims at least 6 for US English and 10+ for British English: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ough_(combination) Google finds much more on the topic: http://www.google.com.au/search?q=pronunciation+ough It's up to you to consider it fun or scary :-) Peter PS: why is it "to pronounce something" but "pronunciation"? Is that just some introduction to the "language fun"? ;-) PPS: yes, maybe I am taking this too serious :-) But we care a lot about programming languages as our tools, and in many ways the natural language used seems a more important choice, a choice which we unfortunately don't have at the moment. Mwanji Ezana wrote: >> I still >> haven't found a definite answer on the number of pronunciations for >> "ough". Seven seems quite plausible >> > > I can think of 3: > cough > hiccough > Middlesborough > > What are the others? > > Mwanji > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
