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Spelling reforms
Because of the unpredictability of the combination, many English spelling reformers have proposed replacing it with more phonetic combinations, some of which have caught on in varying degrees of formal and informal success. Generally, spelling reforms have been more widely accepted in the United States and less so in the Commonwealth.

In April 1984, at its yearly meeting, the Simplified Spelling Society adopted the following reform as its house style:

Shorten ⟨ough⟩ to ⟨u⟩ when it is sounded as /uː/ – through→thru.
Shorten ⟨ough⟩ to ⟨o⟩ when it is sounded as /oʊ/ – though→tho (but doh for dough).
Shorten ⟨ough⟩ to ⟨ou⟩ when it is sounded as /aʊ/ – bough→bou, plough→plou, drought→drout.
Change ⟨ough⟩ to ⟨au⟩ when it is sounded as /ɔː/ – ought→aut, bought→baut, thought→thaut.
Change ⟨ough⟩ to ⟨of⟩ or ⟨uf⟩ (depending on pronunciation) when there is the sound /f/ – cough→cof, enough→enuf, tough→tuf.
Already standard
"hiccup" instead of folk etymology "hiccough"
"hock" instead of "hough" (word is rare in the United States)
"plow" instead of "plough" (standard in American English)

gerardM a écrit:

MurielB a écrit:... I agree but as we grow older, it is much more difficult ! LOL

gerardM a écrit:

MurielB a écrit:What is important is not succeeding but trying !

Muriel,
I don't agree with you.
Such as the pic I guess what is important is succeeding and it starts with trying - success begins with a try: let's not hesitate, let's try!

Script analysis is the method of uncovering the 'early decisions, made unconsciously, as to how life shall be lived'

Berne came to believe that 'from earliest months, the child is taught not only what to do, but also what to see, hear, touch, think, and feel....each person obediently ends up at the age of five or six with a script of life plan largely dictated by his parents. It tells him how he's going to carry on his life, and how it's going to end, winner, non-winner, or loser'.^[14] That is, the child is given information both about themselves and also about the external world (which may be factually correct or incorrect) by the parent concomitant with which the child is encouraged by the parent to use this information in order to decide how to live.

gerardM a écrit:

Thanks for your words Muriel: very interesting.

MurielB a écrit:yes malicious gossip doesn't help to understand people or the outside world. Just trust what you see with you own eyes !