How to say words ending in -OUGH and -AUGH! through, though, enough, taught...

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Today's lesson is on how to say words ending in -ough and -augh in English. Confusing right? The -ough and -ough spelling is strange (like a lot of English spelling) because you don’t pronounce these words anything close to how they’re written. if you want to learn how to pronounce this spelling, then watch this class - let me teach you how to say these words correctly!
James @ BlackTieEnglish 🙂

Words ending in -ough
say -ough like “o” in “go”
though
although
dough

say -ough like “oo” in “too”
through

say -ough like “uh” in “again”
thorough (adverb: thoroughly)
borough

say -ough like “or” in “sort”
thought
bought
brought
fought
sought
ought (to)

say -ough like “up” in “cup”
hiccough (now usually spelt hiccup)

say -ough like “ow” in “now”
drought
plough
bough

say -ough like “off” in “off”
cough
trough

say -ough like “uff” in “stuff”
tough
rough
enough
to slough something off [means to lose a layer of skin]

Words ending in -augh
say -augh like “ar” in “far”
laugh (and laughter)
draught (in American English this is spelt “draft”. This spelling is also becoming common in the UK)

say -augh like “or” in “sort”
daughter
taught
caught

Place names in the UK
Slough – say like “ow” in “now”
Loughborough – mixed pronunciation. Say the first -ough as “uff” then the second as “uh”: Luff-bruh

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