
Today's linguistic traipse through the daisy fields goes something like this:
Say 'tough', 'rough', 'slough' (as in serpent's skin), & 'enough' (appropriate last choice?).
Now say, 'bough', 'cough', 'dough', 'through' & 'slough' once again. Why 'bowwww', 'dohhh', 'throoo', and 'slooo'? Shouldn't they be 'buff', 'duff', 'thruff', & 'sluff'?! And what's with 'cough' (cawf, not cuff)?
Now, add a 't' to the crumpet...'brought', 'drought', 'fought', 'ought', 'sought', 'thought', & 'wrought'. Should (pronounced 'shud', not 'shoould'!) the sentence made from these words sound like this? "I bruft water during the druft and fuft my thirst as I uft to do when I suft what I thuft was following what God had wruft."
Och, Laddies and Ladies, it muusta been when tha Lourrrd cum down at Babel and saide "Let Us confuse them" tha Ainglish wus started. A course, some Sassenach Druid Ainglish Ticher mighta been hit oon his head wi' a tumblin' rock from Stonehenge, too, wha' made it worse yit as it goot passed on t'us!
Got straight jacket?
Ps. And whize it culled a strrrraaaight jacket when it wraipes yer airms arouuuun' ya?!!
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