Originally Posted by bbattle
here's one for the Rhino:
Take -ough.
Tough sounds like tuff, same as rough. But what about though? Or through? And trough, which rhymes with cough.
Then you've got ought and thought and wrought and naught and bought but drop the t and you've got bough, which rhymes with cow.
So,
Tough
though
through
cough
bough
And you know, you can bring a ***** to culture but you can't make her think.
And why do we drive on the parkway and park in the driveway?
Fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing.
these are reasons that adults who do not speak english as their first language have such a hard time learning it, but i don't find them all that queer since they're matter of pronounciation, and when observed in context the correct pronounciation is normally apparent. i think my queries were more about etymology and punctuational hierarchy. but then again, my questions were never serious in the first place.
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