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Message de traviskidd posté le 2004-09-19 21:52:33 (S | E | F | I)
How many words are there in English where GH sounds like F? I can think of the following off the top of my head:

cough, enough, laugh, rough, tough, trough

Can you add to this list? (Note: variant forms of the same word, such as laughing, do not count.)

Réponse: re:Another TOUGH exercise de willy, postée le 2004-09-20 10:09:05 (S | E)
If I can remember well, GB Shaw "created" the word "ghoti", saying you could pronounce it like "fish", just to show how unexpected the English pronunciation can be :

(gh) = (f) in "enough.
(o) = (i) in .......(I can't remember, another trick of Alzheimer's ! Help !)
(ti) = (sh) in "nation".

Hiccough = hiccup = hoquet. I had hiccups (hiccoughs) for an hour yesterday.
Here, again, the pronunciation is different.

I haven't answered your question yet ........
Would you accept "draught" (draft for you in the US): courant d'air. I felt a draught : j'ai senti (comme) un froid, qu'elle me traitait avec froideur.
Beer on draught : bière à la pression.
A game of draughts : un jeu de dames.

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Edité par willy le 2004-09-20 10:16:40

Réponse: re:Another TOUGH exercise de serena, postée le 2004-09-20 11:20:38 (S | E)
Hello !

Like willy, I only found words which end with "gth" ( taught, caught...).
I searched all over the world, without any result.

Do you think there are another ones except those you gave, Travis ?
You did off the top of your head, that's great ! Because I was about to go off mine while searching ! .........

See you !

Réponse: re:Another TOUGH exercise de traviskidd, postée le 2004-09-20 17:46:10 (S | E)
Yes, I will accept draught! It (the spelling) is primarily British, but in spite of that it is acceptable English

The British game draughts is called checkers in the US.

And for your hiccups, try breathing into a paper bag

Réponse: re:Another TOUGH exercise de willy, postée le 2004-09-20 17:58:11 (S | E)
Have you ever tried ? Does it work ?????

Réponse: re:Another TOUGH exercise de willy, postée le 2004-09-20 18:12:40 (S | E)
Sur google.co.uk (British pages), j'ai retrouvé GB Shaw's ghoti/fish (3710 sites !) :
- gh in cough = f
- o in women = i
- ti in nation = sh
sur le site

http://alt-usage-english.org/excerpts/fxwhat04.html

PS : si vous allez sur ce site, allez sur "home" : ce site semble être une mine de renseignements pour les anglicistes !!!

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Edité par willy le 2004-09-20 18:22:17

Réponse: re:Another TOUGH exercise de elbisee, postée le 2004-09-20 20:25:17 (S | E)
How about slough (sluff)?

Réponse: re:Another TOUGH exercise de serena, postée le 2004-09-21 01:41:59 (S | E)
Slough / slf / = Mue ( Changement de poil, de plumes, de peau, de cornes, etc., qui s’opère chez certains animaux, à des périodes déterminées. )

Wonderful, elbisee ! At least, someone found a new word !

Willy, your link is very interesting. Thank you ! I'd like to give you another one here, also great even if it didn't give me "slough" or another word of this kind. Just have a look on it, it can always help.

http://www.allwords.com

Réponse: re:Another TOUGH exercise de traviskidd, postée le 2004-09-21 03:56:59 (S | E)
Very good, elbisee!!!

And for willy, no, I have never tried breathing into a paper bag as a cure for hiccups. Furthermore, I'm not a licensed physician, so don't take what I say as medical advice!

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Edité par traviskidd le 2004-09-21 04:04:21

Réponse: re:Another TOUGH exercise de willy, postée le 2004-09-21 13:49:25 (S | E)
Definitely not !!! In that case, I prefer to stop breathing for a while and take a gulp of water at the same time , if needed !

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