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[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 22:56, 30 September 2008 (EDT)
[[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 22:56, 30 September 2008 (EDT)
:Ah, I wasn't sure if it was a regional thing, so I had consulted dictionary.com to make sure before making the edit. Dictionary.com lists only one acceptable (American) pronunciation for both "thorough" and "though", which ends in the same vowel sequence (in [[IPA]] too). This is the same sequence for "dough" as well, and it's the one that rhymes with "low". But now that you've written out how you pronounce "thorough" in Australia, I can imagine how there would be that pronunciation as well. So maybe there should be a clarification that they are all different in Australian English, but in American English only 7 are distinct. (actually, I'd go a step further, since I've never seen an American use the spelling "hiccough" for "hiccup"). Thanks for taking the time to write a detailed clarification, Philip. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 23:29, 30 September 2008 (EDT)