Re^2: poll ideas quest 2011

[Tux]

Hello, my name is Ghot: (Gh as in though, O as in people, T as in listen ).

My fav English sound is ough:

1. awe: thought, bought, fought, brought, ought, sought, nought, wrought
2. uff: enough, rough, tough, slough, Clough, chough
3. ooh: through, slough
4. oh: though, although, dough, doughnut, broughm, Ough, furlough, Greenough, thorough
5. off: cough, trough
6. ow: bough, plough, sough
7. ou: drought, doughty, Stoughton
8. uh: Scarborough, borough, thorough (alt), thoroughbred, Macdonough, Poughkeepsie
9. up: hiccoughed
10. oth: trough (alt)
11. ock: lough, hough
12. och (aspirated): lough
13. ahf: Gough
14. og: Coughlin (also 5)

[chacham]

9, alternate spelling, same with 11, nice, didn't know that.

13 and 14 are proper nouns. That shouldn't count. :)

Howsabout a poll for Ghotis, that is, words where over 50% of the word is pronounced differently than they are spelled, for example: colonel

[Tux]

For more spelling and pronunciation fun see here.