Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Ough is a letter sequence often seen in words in the English language. In Middle English, where the spelling arose, it was probably pronounced with a back rounded vowel and a velar fricative, e.g., [oːx] or [uːx]. It is by far the sequence of letters with the most unpredictable pronunciation, having at least six pronunciations in North American English and over ten in British English. A few of the more common are these:/oʊ/ as in \"though\" (cf. toe)./uː/ as in \"through\" (cf."@en }
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- Ough_(orthography) comment "Ough is a letter sequence often seen in words in the English language. In Middle English, where the spelling arose, it was probably pronounced with a back rounded vowel and a velar fricative, e.g., [oːx] or [uːx]. It is by far the sequence of letters with the most unpredictable pronunciation, having at least six pronunciations in North American English and over ten in British English. A few of the more common are these:/oʊ/ as in \"though\" (cf. toe)./uː/ as in \"through\" (cf.".