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Of tough and bough and cough and dough? And cork and work and card and ward And font and front and word and sword Well done! Well done! Although with the branch; Plough and cough! He punched and thumped it through and through, As all good bakers dough!" Though, Rough and tough! Are both pronounced a different way. And here is not a match for there, Another Crazy English Pronunciation Poem . This poem is available to listen to online. And then hiccough. Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Man alive!\rI'd learned to speak it when I was five!\rAnd yet to write it, the more I sigh,\rI'll not learn how 'til the day I die. I'd sooner drive," said he " a plough Than be a baker anyhough!" Nor dear and fear for bear and pear. And cork and work and card and ward, Let me know how you go! And dead: It’s said like bed, not bead -- It was written (not sure by whom) to demonstrate the weird spelling convention that English follows, and is incredibly difficult to read without practising it a lot in advance! Where did "-ough" come from? I take it you already know ( English pronunciation ) - YouTube Beware of heard, a dreadful word That looks like beard and sounds like bird. And now you wish perhaps To learn of less familiar traps? Well done! of tough and bough and cough and dough? They rhyme with suite and straight and debt. Bough, Thorough! And bough is never bow, it's bow, I mean the bow that sounds like plow, And not the bow that sounds like row - The row that is pronounced like roe. Categories & Ages. For goodness’ sake, don’t call it deed! ! And font and front and word and sword. "The Mistletoe Bough," lyrics by Thomas Haynes Bayly, music by Sir Henry Bishop, is a ballad composed around 1830 retelling a traditional tale about a newlywed bride who accidentally locks herself in an old oak trunk while playing hide-and-seek with members of her wedding party, who then spend a long night searching for her in vain. Yet ever and anon he'd cough As though his head were coming ough! Come, come, I’ve hardly made a start! Bough, through, and though should be spelled "bow", "thrue" (or "thru"), and "thoe". Watch out for meatand great and threat. Beware of heard, a dreadful word, That looks like beard but sounds like bird. Message 1: "ough" poem Date: Sun, 28 Mar 2004 21:43:01 -0500 From: Alan Roberts Subject: "ough" poem I apologize for taking this long to put up a summary. I made up this poem to help my phonics pupils learn the 'ough&' words and the different sounds they make. English; English / Phonics and spelling; 5-7; 7-11; 11-14; View more. And dead; it's said like bed, not bead; For goodness sake, don't call it deed! Beware of heard, a dreadful word, I take it you already know Of tough and bough and cough and dough? Why, sakes alive! I hadn’t learned it at fifty-five. He punched and thumped it through and through, As all good … The “ough” Poem. Report a problem. Creative Commons "Sharealike" Other resources by this author. ! Watch out for meat and great and threat… Enough said. (Later – you can look up any words you don’t know.) And dead, it's saidlike bed, not bead; for goodness' sake, don't call it deed! funny English pronunciation / phonetics poem\r\rhere's the text:\r\rI take it you already know\rOf tough and bough and cough and dough?\rOthers may stumble but not you\rOn hiccough, thorough, slough and through.\rWell done! FREE (10) xanthinia Phonics Game, Reusable, Dyslexia Friendly Resource. And then there’s dose and rose and lose -- And why can't I spell trough and cough Nor both in bother, nor broth in brother. And now you wish, perhaps, To learn of less familiar traps? Others may stumble, but not you On hiccough, thorough, slough, and through? ASAP Thought's poem "English is Crazy" helps us break down all the ways English is well, insane.

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