That monkey's 'ough ough' rhymes with 'though', 'dough' or 'although'. Although, I think he should probably pick a different branch! The words are all spelt with the letters O U G H, but the sound ...

The combination "ough" can be pronounced in nine different ways. The following sentence contains them all: "A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; ...

I wrote about the differences between British English and American English. It made me think about language and the origins of ...