I don't know if there's a good answer for that question. It's just one of the peculiarities of the English language. - dough = doe. cough = coff. rough = ruff. tough = tuff. It's all a bit weird. Our teacher used to tell us that there were certain words that followed no rules, we'd just have to learn them 'by heart' i.e. memorise them.
Do Suru. The Do is pronounced Dough, the Su is pronounced Sue and ru. Hope that helped =]
* double * doubt * dough * doublet
Dou Itashimashite (don't mention it) is pronounced as follows: Dough Eetasheemash'te (using English pronounciation). Note the little ', where you would not really pronounce the last "i".
Dojo, pronounced dough-joe.
It is "fais do-do" which is pronounced "Fe" as in "Santa fe", and "do-do" as in dough.
Hinduism in French is: "Hindouisme" An-dou-eezma (the 'H', is nearly always silent in French).
Dosha is pronounced "doh-sha." The first syllable is pronounced like "dough" and the second syllable is pronounced with a short "a" sound, like in the word "shark."
"Deaux" is typically pronounced as "doh." It is often used as a phonetic spelling of the French word "do," which means "two" in English.
You pronounce it with the normal 'd' sound then an 'oh' sound. Rather like Homer Simpson's "DOH!"
The word is "knead" (pronounced "need") for mixing bread dough by hand or machine.
The word "dough" has only one syllable. A syllable is a unit of pronunciation typically containing a vowel sound, and in this case, the single syllable is pronounced as "d-oh."
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