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 O in the word long may be a short vowel, but more usually an AW sound (caret O) as seen in the rhyming words song, strong, and wrong. This AW sound is seen in words such as taught, sought, dawn, ball (bawl), and daughter.
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
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!
No. The AW is the "aw" diphthong sound as in draw and flaw.
Yes, a donkey does make a sound that sound similar to the letters 'ee aw'. It can sometimes sound like 'hee haw' as well.
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 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
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.