molgrips – Member
I can only think of two ways to pronounce slough?
Slew (through)
Sluff (rough)
Slaw (bough)[/quote]
If this is just “ways -ough is pronounced” then there’s more than that.
How about:
Sloff (cough)
slow (though)
and, er, the way that “Slough” is usually pronounced, which I would personally think rhymes with “bough” – not sure who pronounces “bough” in a way that rhymes with “slaw”?
Oh, and simply, “Sluh” as in “borough”
EDIT: We used to have an English teacher called Mr Clough who’s name we delighted pronouncing in all of the above ways, and probably a few more that I’ve since forgotten. There, now that’s properly boring.