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WINNER: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:58 pm
by FairyMouseMom
DolphinSoul has the first most correct answer....as it includes "explanation"
First most correct answer wins 25 ACOT points....can win only 2 times, please! (no trying to look up answer....just in case...)
What is very unusual about the following words?
bough
cough
dough
rough
through
Answer: ???
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:58 pm
by LyndaKay
they don't rhyme
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:58 pm
by GRACEpunches5
they rhyme?
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:58 pm
by zanettac
they don't rhyme
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:58 pm
by scrappininAK
different sounds for the same letter combo
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:59 pm
by coversu
they all end in ough
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:59 pm
by DolphinSoul
they don't rhyme yet all have 'ough'
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:59 pm
by purple3b
spelled with the same ough, but pronouce differently
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:59 pm
by ShellyBob
the ough sounds different in each when pronounced
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:00 pm
by mysunshine
ough makes a different sound in each word
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:00 pm
by writerlady
the ough is not pronounced the same way
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:00 pm
by Rici76
The ough sounds different in each word.....
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:01 pm
by handerful
they are in alphabetical order.
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:02 pm
even though they end the same, the sounds are different.
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:02 pm
by scraptag
some make a "f" sound at the end, some are silent at the end (the gh)
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:05 pm
by pawprints
the gh is not pronounced
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:07 pm
by Judy19
words from The Tough Coughs As He Ploughs the Dough: Early Writings and Cartoons by Dr. Seuss
Re: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:07 pm
by Shadywolfe
They all have other words that sound the exact same yet are spelled differently. Otherwise called homophones.
Re: WINNER: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:09 pm
by msdky1
All the words end with "ough," but the vowel sound that these letters make is different in all the words.
Re: WINNER: MINDTRAP: Game #2
Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:09 pm
by scrappininAK
congrats