abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1127arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1118arrow-down1message-squareThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekn0wmad1c@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoBecause it’s the ugh that provides the short vowel sound, not just the gh
Because it’s the ugh that provides the short vowel sound, not just the gh