View Full Version : How do you pronounce 'bough'. Does it rhyme with 'off' or 'cow'?


theripsaw
26-06-2006, 16:05
Thank you. I think its Cow

JBee
26-06-2006, 16:07
Cow. Definitely.

Birth-Peace
26-06-2006, 16:09
Cow
Cow
Cow

Little_Alex
26-06-2006, 16:10
Can be both I reckon. Could be as in Frank Bough OR bough of a tree :)

EdnaKrabappe
26-06-2006, 18:01
My surname ends in ough - i pronounce it 'off'. However my mum pronounces it like 'uff' - like enough. But only since she's started trying to be Hyacinth Bouquet!

All three are linguistically correct - bough i would saw bow but then again that is a homonym!

cgksheff
26-06-2006, 18:33
It has been done a million times before .... but:

how would you pronounce this:

ghoti?

downtroad
26-06-2006, 18:35
ghoti?

Got-E?

blah blah blah

KenH
26-06-2006, 18:35
It has been done a million times before .... but:

how would you pronounce this:

ghoti?

It rhymes with phsyghorti if that helps?

melthebell
26-06-2006, 18:36
Mooooooo Moooooooooooooo Mooooooooooooooooooooo

Appolo
26-06-2006, 18:37
It has been done a million times before .... but:

how would you pronounce this:

ghoti?


Ghoti is an imaginary word used to illustrate irregularities in English spelling. It is pronounced fish:

garryn
26-06-2006, 19:05
Thank you. I think its Cow

Rock a bye baby, in the tree top
When the wind blows, the cradle will rock
when the bough breaks, the cradle will fall
Down will come baby, cradle and all

How come when you look at the lyrics, so many nursery rhymes are 'nasty'?