Words! How do they wrok?

[Martynt74]

English does my head in. Take "OW" what sound does it make? Is it OW or is it OH?

BrOWn - OW
ClOWn - OW
OWner - OH
BlOWn - OW
FlOWn - OH

Why is Clown an OW sound but Flown isn't?

These are the real questions that we should be asking of government. Not the cost of living crisis or some rubbish like that.

I watched a video a while back of someone with a 4 letter flipboard type thing going through similar and it was pretty ridiculous the way pronunciation changes with specific words.

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[Rilot]

And what about OUGH?

OUGHt - Ort
ROUGH - Uff
TOUGH - Uff
BorOUGH - Uh
DrOUGHt - Ow
BrOUGHt - Ort
COUGH - Off
PlOUGH - Ow

 

[Mr Badger]

Liaison.

 

[sigma]

And what about OUGH?

OUGHt - Ort
ROUGH - Uff
TOUGH - Uff
BorOUGH - Uh
DrOUGHt - Ow
BrOUGHt - Ort
COUGH - Off
PlOUGH - Ow

Someone I know calls an uven and ohven

 

[sigma]

And what about OUGH?

OUGHt - Ort
ROUGH - Uff
TOUGH - Uff
BorOUGH - Uh
DrOUGHt - Ow
BrOUGHt - Ort
COUGH - Off
PlOUGH - Ow

Bough and tough should be the same

 

[Penfold101]

Bough and tough should be the same

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[sigma]

Google Search

Buff?

 

[Diddums]

Thank you to whoever fixed the thred tittle.

 

[Penfold101]

Buff?

‘Bow’ - because reasons.

 

[ttaskmaster]

What is the last word you spell checked and how outraged were you to find out it was not as you thought?

An Irish person's name. They had about three times the number of letters expected, and not a single letter with the right sound
It was something like Eaorghehainne, but supposed to be pronounced "Owen".

 

[cheesyboy]

I watched a video a while back of someone with a 4 letter flipboard type thing going through similar and it was pretty ridiculous the way pronunciation changes with specific words.

Gallagher: English Language Pronunciation | The New Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour

Gallagher explains pronunciation on The New Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.The Smothers BrothersThe Smothers Brothers, Tom and Dick, are one of the most iconi...

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I saw this one just yesterday;

https://twitter.com/x/status/1816104663088832578

 

[arknor]

that video is just cringe

 

[something daft already!!]

Words don't come easy to me
How can I find a way to make you see I love you?
Words don't come easy
Words don't come easy to me
This is the only way for me to say I love you
Words don't come easy

 

[Penfold101]

I also love to do some reading in Reading.

 

[im4gine3]

British English is dead, long live Americaan

Isn't there a saying ' British invented it. Americans improved it'

 

[arknor]

Isn't there a saying ' British invented it. Americans improved it'

Never heard that one.

 

[im4gine3]

Never heard that one.

its either improved or improvised.. can't remember.. maybe someone made it up.. all i can say is thats balls and Americans botched it!

 

[Jamauk]

Looking at the thread title, the correct spelling of work is work, not wrok!

 

[Baldbloke]

But the correct spelling of wrok is wrok.

 

[Jamauk]

But the correct spelling of wrok is wrok.

Ah, that works.