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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 days ago

The letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"

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The letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"

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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 days ago

At least in my dialect/accent of English

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I would highly recommend the History of English Podcast. This particular observation made by OP is thoroughly covered in this particular episode: https://youtu.be/T0ED-FV7O50

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