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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
crikey !
i readily admit, i am not sure how to pronounce hiccough or lough (nor what it means). but i'm pretty sure i can handle the rest of those.  |
hiccough is hic-cup, just fancier. lough is lew. I didn't know that one until my late 30s and moving to the northwest. there were many signs announcing "such and such
lough". I had to ask my uncle who had been resident for about 20 years about both the pronunciation and meaning... it is an area of seawater that is all but landlocked. it receives quite often fresh water as well, but will always have too much seawater to make it potable. the advantage to these that are navigable is that they make dandy sheltered waterways... sheltered from violent water activity that is