monday, august 25, 1975
page 17
daily nebraskan
bernstein on words
Combining 'ough1
is not too tough
By Theodore M, Bernstein
Deep in thought. Recently this rectangle
printed an item from a reader who noted
various possible pronunciations of the
"ough" combination in words such as
through and though, for example. Now a
London reader, Sir John B. Hall, finds that
the previous listing by no means exhausted
the possibilities.
lie cites four additional words: cought,
ought, lough and hough, the last two being
pronounced "loch" and "hok." It all goes
to show that when it comes to "ough"
words there is no drought, nor are we at
the bottom of the trough; of such words
there are more than enough.
Word oddities. The word "bodacious "
which appears frequently in the comic strip
"Snuffy Smith," arouses the curiosity of
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin P. Steeble of Elkins
Park, Pa., who ask about its meaning and
origin.
Candidly, we have not encountered the
word, but the American Heritage
Dictionary defines it as a slang term
meaning intrepidly bold or daring,
audacious. It apparently is what your host
likes to call a centaur word, in this instance
a blend of "bold and "audacious."
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