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Ough (orthography)
''Ough'' is a four-letter sequence, a tetragraph, used in English orthography and notorious for its unpredictable pronunciation.Adam Brown, ''Understanding and Teaching English Spelling: A Strategic Guide'', 2018, , p. 214 It has at least eight pronunciations in North American English and nine in British English, and no discernible patterns exist for choosing among them. History In Middle English, ''ough'' was regularly pronounced with a back rounded vowel and a velar fricative (e.g., , , or ). List of pronunciations ''Slough'' has three pronunciations, depending on its meaning: * (for the noun meaning a skin shed by an animal, and for the verb derived from it) * (for the noun meaning a muddy area, and for the verb derived from it. Also for the noun meaning a state of depression) * (alternative American pronunciation for the noun meaning a muddy area, and for the verb derived from it) The town of Slough in the Thames Valley of England is . An example sentence using the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tetragraph
A tetragraph, , is a sequence of four letters used to represent a single sound (phoneme), or a combination of sounds, that do not necessarily correspond to the individual values of the letters. In German, for example, the tetragraph ''tsch'' represents the sound of the English digraph ''ch''. English does not have tetragraphs in native words (the closest is perhaps the sequence '' -ough'' in words like ''through''), but ''chth'' and ''phth'' are true tetragraphs when found initially in words of Greek origin such as '' chthonic'' and '' phthisis''. Phonemes spelled with multiple characters often indicate that either the phoneme or the script is alien to the language. For example, the Cyrillic alphabets adapted to the Caucasian languages, which are phonologically very different from Russian, make extensive use of digraphs, trigraphs, and even a tetragraph in Kabardian for . The Romanized Popular Alphabet created for the Hmong languages includes three tetragraphs: ''nplh, ntsh,' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clough
Clough ( ; ) is a village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It sits about 3 miles from Dundrum on the A2 between Newcastle and Belfast. The A2 continues via Downpatrick and the coast via Strangford and the Portaferry – Strangford Ferry to Portaferry to Belfast, whilst most road traffic heads along from Clough along the A24 via Carryduff to Belfast. It had a population of 255 people in the 2001 census. Clough is situated within the Newry, Mourne and Down area. Places of interest * Clough Castle, an excellent example of an Anglo-Norman motte-and-bailey castle A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade. Relatively easy ... with stone tower. Etymology A map of 1634 marked the village as ''Machaeracate'' and the castle is "Stone castle of the plain of the cat". This comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Battell Loomis
Charles Battell Loomis (1861–1911) was an American writer. Biography Loomis was born in Brooklyn, New York, and educated at the Polytechnic Institute An institute of technology (also referred to as technological university, technical university, university of technology, polytechnic university) is an institution of tertiary education that specializes in engineering, technology, applied science ... there. He was in business from 1879 to 1891, but he gave it up to devote himself to the writing of magazine sketches and books much appreciated for their humor. Works * ''Just Rhymes'' (1899) * ''The Four-Masted Cat-Boat'' (1899) * ''Yankee Enchantments'' (1900) * ''A Partnership in Magic'' (1903) * ''Cheerful Americans'' (1903) * ''Araminta and the Automobile'' (1903) * ''More Cheerful Americans'' (1904) * ''I've Been Thinking'' (1905) * ''Minerva's Manœuvres'' (1905) * ''Cheer Up!'' (1906) * ''A Bath in an English Tub'' (1907) * ''Poe's "Raven" in an Elevator'' (1907) (the thir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punch (magazine)
''Punch, or The London Charivari'' was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire established in 1841 by Henry Mayhew and wood-engraver Ebenezer Landells. Historically, it was most influential in the 1840s and 1850s, when it helped to coin the term "cartoon" in its modern sense as a humorous illustration. Artists at ''Punch'' included John Tenniel who, from 1850, was the chief cartoon artist at the magazine for over 50 years. The editors took the anarchic puppet Mr Punch, of Punch and Judy, as their mascot—the character appears in many magazine covers—with the character also an inspiration for the magazine's name. With its satire of the contemporary, social, and political scene, ''Punch'' became a household name in Victorian Britain. Sales of 40,000 copies a week by 1850 rose above 100,000 by 1910. After the 1940s, when its circulation peaked, it went into a long decline, closing in 1992. It was revived in 1996, but closed again in 2002. History ''Punch'' was found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butler University
Butler University is a private university in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1855 and named after founder Ovid Butler, the university has over 60 major academic fields of study within six colleges in the arts, business, communication, education, liberal arts and the sciences, and health sciences. It enrolls approximately 5,700 undergraduate and graduate students. Its campus is approximately north of downtown Indianapolis. History On January 15, 1850, the Indiana General Assembly adopted Ovid Butler's proposed charter for a new Christian university in Indianapolis. After five years in development, the school opened on November 1, 1855, as North-Western Christian University at 13th Street and College Avenue on Indianapolis's near northside at the eastern edge of the present-day Old Northside Historic District. Attorney and university founder Ovid Butler provided the property."Butler University" in "Butler University Architecture" in Bodenhamer and Barrows, eds. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broughton, Milton Keynes
Broughton (, ) is a historic village, modern district and civil parish in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, approximately east of Central Milton Keynes. It is governed by Broughton and Milton Keynes, Broughton and Milton Keynes Joint Parish Council, shared with the neighbouring Middleton, Milton Keynes#Civil parish, Milton Keynes parish. Broughton district was developed during the 2000s and 2010s largely to the south and east of the historic village. History and location The name is Old English language, Old English and meant 'brook farm'. In the Domesday Book, it is listed as owned by a Walter Giffard and the tenant was a Hugh de Bolbec. In the 6th century, its name was spelt ''Brotone''. The Northampton to London Turnpike trust, turnpike came through the village and joined Watling Street, now the A5 road (Great Britain), A5 road, at Hockliffe, Hockcliffe. The A50 road, A50, London Road, the original route through the centre of the old village was bypassed in the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loughton, Milton Keynes
Loughton () is a village dating back to ancient times and modern district in the civil parish of Loughton and Great Holm in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The village spreads between Watling Street and the modern A5 road, to the west of, and about 1 mile from, Central Milton Keynes. Although Loughton is now largely residential, much of the character of the original village remains. To the north-east of Bradwell Road, the area bounded by School Lane and Church Lane contains All Saints Church and remnants of the original parish of Great Loughton. To the south-west of Bradwell Road, around The Green, there is a cluster of sixteenth-century buildings, including Manor Farm, Manor Farm Cottages, and Cell Farm, which represent the remains of the original parish of Little Loughton. Today, Loughton is home to a large equestrian centre, within whose grounds the medieval field pattern and fish pond are still visible. The district is bounded by the A5 to the east, H5 Portway ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old Woughton
Old Woughton ( ) is a district and civil parish in south central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The parish was established in April 2012 by the division into two parts of Woughton parish. The original (undivided) civil parish was itself originally called "Woughton on the Green". History Woughton-on-the-Green is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086. The parish church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin dates from the 13th century. The tower was added in the 15th century, and the church was extended in the 19th century, adding the north porch and organ loft. The Old Swan Inn dates back to 1700. Woughton House was built in 1813, and was the home of Major W J Levi JP of the Royal Bucks Hussars. It is now a hotel. The Methodist Chapel dates from 1867. Creation of the modern parish The parish was created following a campaign by residents of Woughton parish who petitioned Milton Keynes Council in 2010. The Council originally rejected the proposals, however it agree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in Buckinghamshire, England, about north-west of London. At the 2021 Census, the population of Milton Keynes urban area, its urban area was 264,349. The River Great Ouse forms the northern boundary of the urban area; a tributary, the River Ouzel, meanders through its linear parks and balancing lakes. Approximately 25% of the urban area is parkland or woodland and includes two Site of Special Scientific Interest, Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs). The city is made up of many different districts. In the 1960s, the government decided that a further generation of new towns in the United Kingdom, new towns in the South East England , south east of England was needed to relieve housing congestion in London. Milton Keynes was to be the biggest yet, with a population of 250,000 and area of . At designation, its area incorporated the existing towns of Bletchley, Fenny Stratford, Wolverton and Stony Stratford, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loughborough
Loughborough ( ) is a market town in the Charnwood (borough), Charnwood Borough of Leicestershire, England; it is the administrative centre of Charnwood Borough Council. At the United Kingdom 2021 census, the town's built-up area had a population of 64,884. It is the second largest settlement in the county after Leicester. Loughborough is close to the Nottinghamshire border and is also located near Leicester and Derby. Loughborough is also home to the world's largest bell foundry, John Taylor Bellfounders, which produced Great Paul at St Paul's Cathedral; it has also made bells for the Loughborough Carillon, Carillon War Memorial, a landmark in Queens Park. History Medieval The earliest reference to Loughborough occurs in the Domesday Book of 1086, which calls it ''Lucteburne''. It appears as ''Lucteburga'' in a charter from the reign of Henry II of England, Henry II, and as ''Luchteburc'' in the Pipe Rolls of 1186. The name is of Old English origin and means "Luhhede's ''b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayscough
Ainscough is an Old Norse, Scandinavian surname,. also spelled Ayscough, Aiskew, Askew, Ascough and Aynscough. Origins and variants It is thought that the name is derived from the Norse words "ask skog", although other sources suggest that Aiskew is a corruption of the words "Eiki Skogr" translating to Oak Wood. An alternative Swedish translation for the name "enskog" is "juniper forest". The "en" part of the word meaning juniper, "skog" meaning wood or forest. Today the name is pronounced . Other suggestions indicate that the name Ainscough is of French origin. When William the Conqueror invaded England, he brought his army of knights. These knights from Normandy were given land for their effort during the invasion and were placed as his head of government in each Shire. Wikipedia has information about a plaque placed in Normandy Cathedral before leaving for England. This plaque has a list of knights. There are two knights listed as " Ansgot" which would have been the French s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
