> Of course there's no way discover, and
> hover, would
> rhyme in Australia unless we adopted the usual
> American
> pronunciation of "huver," but I'd suggest this is
> not the
> intended American form either, on the basis that
> American
> English has been very swift in changing the spelling
> of words
> that don't fit the local usage.
Not necessarily (for the purposes of this discussion
I'm going to assume you meant North American, and not
just US so I can include myself). There are many words
that we say that aren't spelt the way they sound.
"thorough", for example :o) (see below).
> Tho', as a personal favour to me, I would
> appreciate
> it very much if someone could point out to news
> readers in
> particular, and the general population of the US,
> that it is NOT
> necessary to make such a big production of sounding
> the
> last part of the word, "thorough." I feel sure the
> "ough" can be
> legitimately assimilated into something less than
> chewing
> up the "gh" sound. Besides, (God forbid,) one day
> someone
> might try to rhyme it with something. ; )
The way I say thorough, it rhymes with burrow and
furrow. The "gh" is not pronounced. Are there some
American dialects that do pronounce it?
Jennifer, who suspects she's going to be analysing the
diction in all of her English songs much more
carefully from now on
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