bought, fought, ought, sought, brought
Only for some words. The OU in grouch has the OW sound as in couch and pouch. The letters OUGH can have 4 different sounds: In dough, it is the long O (oh) as in though and thorough. In cough, it is the AW sound as in trough. In rough, it is the short U sound as in tough and slough. Only in bough (bow) and plough (plow) does it have the same OW sound as grouch.
The A is an AW sound called a caret O, also seen in talk (wawk, tawk). This sound appears in AU and AW words, and in some OR words which are pronounced with an "aw" sound in British English.
watch, swat, wash, wand, wasp, swap
I think aw sound gas a different vowel so it makes different sound.Aw sounds like *OR*
Awful, lawful, awesome, hawthorn, jawline, pawprint, seesaw. These all have the 'aw' spelling but there are many other ways of spelling the 'aw' sound!
Although the E is silent, the A in false has an AW sound, as in fall, call, awl, and salsa. Words with the AW sound include A words - ball, tall AW words - claw, brawl, lawn, awed AU words - caught, taught, taut OA words - broad O words - on, long, song, moll, john
Yes, a donkey does make a sound that sound similar to the letters 'ee aw'. It can sometimes sound like 'hee haw' as well.
The AW is a caret O vowel sound (or/aw) as in draw, ought, caught, and taut. (In British English, OR often has the same sound as AW because there is no R sound. So the words caught and court sound the same, as do lore and law.)
No, it usually has the AW sound, related to the long OR sound, as in gong and wrong. * In US English, the -ong words have the AW sound (as in bong) rather than the O sound (as in bongo).
The O in cost has an AW sound (caret O), as in law and lost. The AW sound is also heard in O words such as off and long, and A words such as ball and call.
It is called braying and sounds like Aw-ee Aw-ee.
The OU in sought has the AW sound (caret O), as in bought and thought. This is widely spelled as AU or AW. In US English, many words ending in -ong have an -awng sound. Some words with OR are pronounced the same in British English. Some words with this vowel sound are: AW words - claw, brawl, lawn, awed AU words - caught, taught, taut OU words - ought, wrought OA words - broad O words - on, long, song, moll, john, offer A words - ball, fall