How many different sounds does ough make?

The spelling “ough” can be pronounced eight different ways in English. Don’t panic, there aren’t many words, and some of them are so arcane I usually don’t bother teaching them. But let’s be fairly comprehensive here. There are five different single sounds, and three sound combinations.

Why is cough spelled with a GH?

doch. So when you see a “gh,” it usually means that it was pronounced with the blech sound in Old English, when our writing system was first developed. Early scribes had to adapt the Roman alphabet to English, and since Latin didn’t have the /x/ sound, they used “h” or a non-Roman character called a yogh (ȝ).

How is H pronounced in British English?

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Should you pronounce the L in salmon?

The L in “salmon,” the name of a fish, is not pronounced. It has to do with the way the word evolved through different languages. However, there is a surname, Salmon, in which the L is pronounced.

How do you say Yves Saint Laurent in English?

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Why is French so hard to pronounce?

The French language tends to be difficult to pronounce at first because there are simply sounds that native English speakers aren’t used to making. To begin with, French is more evenly stressed. This means that while some parts of a word are stressed, it’s not as distinct as in English.