No, it just clearly shows English is a derivate language of Dutch :)we write
ploegen for ploughing and roeien for rowing, where the oeg gets ough in
English and the oei gets ow :)
Iwert
2008/12/25 Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Now, don't start with that spurious argument, Chuck :-). It's one of
> the beauties of the English language that there are two hundred and
> twenty-two ways to pronounce the "ough" sounds.
>
> Chris
>
> On 25 Dec 2008, at 00:15, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
> > Rhymes with "roughing", right?
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
> >
> > Moose wrote:
> >> Chris Barker wrote:
> >>> Thanks, Brian.
> >>>
> >>> ...
> >>> p.s. don't New Zealanders use proper spelling: "ploughing". not
> >>> "plowing"? :-)
> >>>
> >
>
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