c/webcomics · by i_love_FFT@lemmy.ml · 3ySaturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Pronounce http://smbc-comics.com/comic/pronounce82 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world
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Kengaro0@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y
Sorry, English is my first language. What is bough? And hiccough? Am I supposed to know these words?
Duranie@lemmy.film · 10 pts · 3y
Bough - think of the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby" . A big tree branch.
Hiccough - I believe in time we've just simplified this to hiccup.
Kengaro0@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y
Woah. I always wondered what that meant in the nursery rhymes, not enough to Google it I guess. Thanks for clearing that up.
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
No. You no need lots of big words to live life good.
HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
There's also the 'ock' pronunciation in McGloughlin
Mr_Blott@feddit.uk · -4 pts · 3y
HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Sometimes it may be prounouned 'off', but not always
(One of its origins is Mac Lochlainn)