Re: OT:Pronunciayshiuns


From: "R. Dennis Hager" <rdhager@dmv.com>

>Bill wrote:
>>By the way, I have it on good authority that the second word in HOLDEN
>CLOUGH is pronounced "cluff", not "clew" as I have heard done so often.
>
>This morning I have achieved a state of true enlightenment. I always
>pronounced this one (Clough) 'CLOW' as in Plough.

Considering that in my customer base there are no fewer and 100 people
with the family name "Clough" and they all pronounce it "clow" as in
plow, I will continue my erroneous ways.

R. Dennis Hager
on Delmarva

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