In some pronunciations of ivory, the second syllable is omitted. (ahy-vree)
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Twenty trillion seven hundred and seven billion seven hundred and twenty seven million seven hundred and seventy seven thousand = 20,707,727,777,000
7,000,707 = seven million, seven hundred and seven
seven and seven ten-thousandths
In words like "dough" or "bough," "ough" is pronounced with an "o" sound as in "oh." This is because English words with "ough" can have different pronunciations based on their origins.
Some examples of words containing "ough" that sound like "oo" include "bought," "brought," and "thought." These words have different pronunciations despite having the same letter combination in them.
The letters ough have 10 different pronunciations."through" (cf. true)."thought" (cf. taut)."though" (cf. toe)."cough" (cf. coffin)."rough" (cf. ruffian)."bough" (cf. to bow)."thorough" (cf. about) [British English].
Some words that have 'ough' in them are:althoughboroughboughboughtcoughdoughdroughtenoughfoughtfurloughhiccoughnoughtoughtploughroughsloughsoughtthoughtthroughtoughtroughwrought
Bruce Ough was born in 1951.
ough in about 2001 ough in about 2001
Barry Ough was born on 1957-06-30.
The word "through" rhymes with "stew" and ends in -ough.
What sequence of letters has the most different pronunciations?That prize goes to -ough. Say these words: bough, rough, through, cough, dough. You will see that not one of these words sounds like any of the others. These are all native Anglo-Saxon words, not products of foreign borrowings. There are seven different ways to pronounce -ough: 1) though (like oin go), 2) through (like oo in too), 3) cough (like off in offer), 4) rough (like uff in suffer), 5) plough (like ow in flower), 6) ought (like aw in saw), and 7) borough (like a in above). Fortunately -ough is an extreme example and English words are not always that difficult to pronounce. In general, when you learn a new word, you should also make sure you know its pronunciation. Look in a dictionary and learn the pronunciation symbols. After that, you will always be able to find the pronunciation of any word. Try it with the seven -ough words above. There may be one extra way at least - 8) hiccough (like up in cup)
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