Enu already!

With the recent re-opening of relationships with Cuba, it seems timely to revisit an earlier period of good feelings between the countries. So here’s a video from the 1950s series I Love Lucy, wherein Lucille Ball gives Desi Arnaz a lesson in one of the most confusing aspects of English words.

The truth is that -O-U-G-H has at least 8 different pronunciations:

Dictionary.com alleges there are 10, differentiating between the “-oh” sounds of “though” and “thorough,” and also differentiating between the “-oo” of “through” and the “-ou” of “slough.” Do you think they are different?

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