"OUGH" is Tough to Figure Out OUGH is pronounced

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Learning English: "O-U-G-H" is Tough to Figure Out
(YouTube, 2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAL9VD6Lz9Y
O-U-G-H is pronounced different ways.
(English can be tricky; just ask Ricky.)
-Ricky Ricardo. Here, Honey, I’ll show you what I mean. Now, you take this book and pretend that our child
has come to you and said, “Daddy, read me a good-night’s story.”
-All right.
-There you are, Daddy.
-Once upon a time in the woods lived a peasant. He was a good man with a noble heart. He spent his time in
the forest cutting down “booges” from the trees.
-Wait, wait, just a minute. What is this, “booges”?
-“Booges” – right in there!
-That’s (pronounced) “bows”! (as in “cows”)
-B-O-U-G-H is (pronounced) “bow”?
-Right.
-“Bow”.
He spent his time in the forest cutting down boughs from the trees. Cutting wood all day made his hands
strong and “row.”
One day ..
-That’s (pronounced) “ruff” (rough)!
-It’s spelled the same way as the other: O-U-G-H!
-That’s right. That shows you how little you know about the English language!
-So I made a little mistake. …. made his hands strong and “ruff” (rough).
One day he cut wood so fast that by 3 o’clock in the afternoon his day’s work was “thruff”. What is it?
-Hold it, Shakespeare.
“Throw”?
-T-H-R-O-U-G-H is pronounced “threw.”
-“Threw,” that’s what I always say!
Now, stop picking on me, would you? you’re getting me all confuse(d).
His day’s work was through. It started to rain on the way home and he got so wet that his nose became red
and he developed a hacking … “coo”? I know it can’t be “cow”!
-It’s (pronounced) “coff” (cough).
Ah, that’s it!
I’ve had enough! Or should I say, “inoo”?
-“Inuff”.
- ‘’Inuff’’. I don’t see why you have to have such a crazy language, anyway! In Spanish you don’t have all those
“ow”, “oh”, “oo”, uff”, ‘oof’ sounds! In Spanish, you got a sound, it sounds the same all the time. You write it
the same way. It sounds the same way. No matter where you put it, it comes out the same way!
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Vocabulary
01. different ways
02. tricky
03. what I mean
04. a peasant
05. He spent his time
de manières différentes
difficile
ce que je veux dire
un paysan
il passait son temps
06. boughs (pronounced “bows”)
07.right
08. rough (pronounced “ruff”)
09. it’s spelled the same way
10. how little you know
des branches
correct, c’est ça
rugueux
ça s’écrit de la même manière
à quel point tu connais peu ..
11. by 3 o’clock
12. hold it!
13. through (pronounced “threw”)
14. stop picking on me!
15. You’re getting me all confused
avant 15h
attend une seconde!
terminé
Arrête de me harceler
tu me mets dans la confusion
16. on the way home
17. He got so wet
18. a hacking cough (pronounced “coff”)
19. That’s it! I’ve had enough
20. such a crazy language
sur le chemin de retour à la maison
il s’est tellement mouillé
une toux sèche
Ca suffit! J’en ai assez!
une langue si folle
21. anyway
22. It sounds the same
23. You write it the same way
24. No matter where
25. It comes out the same way
de toute façon
Ça sonne de la même façon
tu l’écris de la même manière
quel que soit la façon
Ça sort de la même façon
Learning English: "O-U-G-H" is Tough to Figure Out
(YouTube, 2015)
Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words
O-U-G-H is pronounced different w
.
(façons)
English can be t
; just ask Ricky.
(difficile)
-Ricky Ricardo. Here, Honey, I’ll show you what I m
. Now, you take this book and pretend that our child
(ce que je veux dire)
has come to you and says, “Daddy, read me a good-night’s story.”
-All right.
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-There you are, Daddy.
Once upon a time in the woods lived a p
. He was a good man with a noble heart. He s
(un paysan)
his time in
(Il passait son temps)
the forest cutting down “booges” from the trees.
-Wait, wait, what is this, “booges”?
“Booges” – r
in there!
(juste là)
-That’s (pronounced) “bow”! (as in “cow”)
-B- - - -
is (pronounced) “bow”?
-R________
(c’est ça, correct)
-“Bow”.
He spent his time in the forest cutting down b
from the trees. Cutting wood all day made his hands
strong and “row.”
(des branches)
One day ..
-That’s (pronounced) “ruff” (r
)!
(rugueux)
-It’s spelled the same way as the other: O-U-G-H!
-That’s right. That shows you h
l
you know about the English language!
(à quel point tu connais peu)
-So I
a little mistake. …. made his hands strong and “ruff” (r
(j’ai fait)
).
(rugueux)
One day he cut wood so fast that b 3 o’clock in the afternoon his day’s work was “thra”. What is it?
(avant)
-H
i , Shakespeare.
(attends une seconde)
“Throw”? (as in “cow”)
-T- - - - - - is pronounced “threw.”
-“Threw,” that’s what I always say!
Now, stop p
o me; you’re g
(arrête de me harceler!)
His day’s work was t
me all confuse(d).
(tu me mets dans la confusion)
. It started to rain on the w
(terminé)
and he developed a hacking … “coo”?
(It’s pronounced”) “coff” (c
).
(toux)
it! I’ve h
(ca suffit!)
e
(j’en ai assez)
! Or should I say, “inou”?
s w
that his nose became red
(il s’est tellement mouillé)
Well, I know it can’t be “cow”!
(une toux sèche)
Ah, t
home and he g
(chemin)
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“Inuff”. I don’t see why you have to have s
a crazy language, a
(une si)
! In Spanish you don’t have all those
(de toute façon)
“ow”, “oh”, “oo” “a” “uff” sounds. In Spanish, if you’ve got a sound, it s
the same all the time. You write
(sonne, se prononce)
it the s
w. It sounds the same way. N m
(de la même manière)
what (how) you put it, it c
(peu importe de la manière que)
o
(il sort)
the same way!