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Having helped many a foreigner with English when I have been abroad I can unequivocally state that English is a difficult language to speak as well as spell. It requires an incredible amount of memory as there are so many rules & exceptions. Other languages, such as German & Spanish, have fast & hard rules on pronunciation. Here is a great test I devised years ago:
rough
cough
slough
bough
Less than five native English speakers in a hundred get all the variations correct.
rough
cough
slough
bough
Less than five native English speakers in a hundred get all the variations correct.
I presume you're pronouncing the third example as "sluff"?
Is that the town of friendly bombs fame, Chris?
Some test-setters omit the other variant... "through"
I presume you're pronouncing the third example as "sluff"?
I found that definition when I checked that I was correct with "sluff", and I must admit I'd never come across it before.
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