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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sorry, English is my first language. What is bough? And hiccough? Am I supposed to know these words?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bough - think of the nursery rhyme "Rock-a-bye Baby" . A big tree branch.

Hiccough - I believe in time we've just simplified this to hiccup.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Woah. I always wondered what that meant in the nursery rhymes, not enough to Google it I guess. Thanks for clearing that up.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

No. You no need lots of big words to live life good.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's also the 'ock' pronunciation in McGloughlin

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's most definitely not pronounced 'ock' 🤨

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sometimes it may be prounouned 'off', but not always

(One of its origins is Mac Lochlainn)