RESPONSE TO "OUGH" QUESTION

[Christopher Michael Accardo <cma0007@unt.edu>]

I believe you are referring to an early Dr. Seuss story "The
Tough Coughs".  There is a book that contains this and other
stories, edited in 1987 by Richard Marschall, called _The
Tough Coughs as he Ploughs the Dough, Early Writings and
Cartoons by Dr. Seuss_.

Chris Accardo, Librarian
The Highlands School  Irving, TX
cma0007@unt.edu

> On Mon, 1 Feb 1999 14:35:52 +0000 Monica Kemp
> <mkemp@minnetonka.k12.mn.us> wrote:
> I am looking for a poem or short story that featured the
> "ough" ending on English words.  I seem to recall it was a
> discussion between a Frenchman and and English speaking
> person.  The French man, in trying to master the English
> language would invariably mispronounce words ending in
> "ough" because the ending can be pronounced in so many
> differentways.  Can anyone help?  I was hoping to find it
> on the list of Language sites we received a few days ago,
> but didn't succeed. Thanks

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