Date:  Fri, 25 Jul 1997 15:55:34 -0400
From:  Alan Baragona <baragonasa[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]VAX.VMI.EDU>
Subject: Re: ough

At 10:36 AM 7/25/97 -0700, Peter McGraw wrote:
>From one of those "Did you know..." lists that bounce around the Internet,
>followed by a comment from my son:

>1) Are there parts of the country where "slough" (i.e., the body of
>water) is pronounced other than [slu:]?
>

I pronounce the verb "slough" with a final /f/. Perhaps that's what's
intended in the quotation rather than [slu:].


>2) I presume that on the East Coast "Scarborough" has a schwa rather than
>an [o] as its final vowel, yes?
>

Yes.

Alan Baragona
alan[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]vmi.edu

You know, years ago, my mother used to say to me, she'd say, "In this
world, Elwood, you must be . . ."--she always called me 'Elwood'--"In this
world, Elwood, you must be oh, so smart or oh, so pleasant." Well, for
years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. And you may quote me.

                Elwood P. Dowd