Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Pronounce
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Sorry, English is my first language. What is bough? And hiccough? Am I supposed to know these words?
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.
Woah. I always wondered what that meant in the nursery rhymes, not enough to Google it I guess. Thanks for clearing that up.
No. You no need lots of big words to live life good.
There's also the 'ock' pronunciation in McGloughlin
Sometimes it may be prounouned 'off', but not always
(One of its origins is Mac Lochlainn)