Interesting Facts: How to pronounce ‘ough’

Did you know that there are NINE ways of pronouncing these four letters ‘ough’ in British English?

This sentence contains all of them:  ‘A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.’

You can search for these words on the Cambridge Dictionary website and listen to their pronunciation: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/

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