Learning English: "Ough" is tough to figure out

Via YouTube: There are various ways to pronounce "O-U-G-H" in the English language. This was hilariously demonstrated on the "I Love Lucy" television program by Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz) and his wife, Lucy. This funny clip sums up a challenging piece of the English language.
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NaMeCaFsays...

That's what you get with the bastardised mishmash of other languages that is English.

Wait until he finds out that "American" English is its own bastardised form of proper English

Khufusays...

By that logic "England" English is also it's own bastardized form of proper English that branched off on it's own when North America was being colonized. There are things in NA English that England used to do but dropped and vice versa. Or are you saying England English is always the "correct" English even if it diverts from what it used to call correct English?

NaMeCaFsaid:

That's what you get with the bastardised mishmash of other languages that is English.

Wait until he finds out that "American" English is its own bastardised form of proper English

Paybacksays...

Don't start shit with a Letterkenny, dude.

Khufusaid:

By that logic "England" English is also it's own bastardized form of proper English that branched off on it's own when North America was being colonized. There are things in NA English that England used to do but dropped and vice versa. Or are you saying England English is always the "correct" English even if it diverts from what it used to call correct English?

ulysses1904says...

I have studied Spanish all my life and am constantly reminded how grateful I am that I didn't have to learn English as a second language. The difference in the details of spelling and pronunciation between the two languages is orders of magnitude apart. On the other hand verbs, nouns and adjectives are less complex in English. I'm still trying to get a grip on the subjunctive tense after all these years.

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