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144. The Chaos of English Pronunciation

Luke's ENGLISH Podcast - Learn British English with Luke Thompson

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Hiccup Has the Sound of Cup

"My advice is to give up, though through plow or doff or cough, hiccup has the sound of cup," he writes. "If I made any mistakes then you must bring me up on it and make a comment." The poem includes words such as plaque and ague that are used in Sherlock Holmes stories.

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