abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months agoThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up1130arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1121arrow-down1message-squareThe letters "gh" in the word "ought" are silent but "ought" is not pronounced like "out"abrake@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 months agomessage-square20fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarekn0wmad1c@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 months 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