Hi Ace!
Sorry to hear about your lough.
As you know, GA does not offer online diagnosis, so I cannot comment
on whether you have had one of those unpleasant experiences when
cachination turns into a tussicular episode.
It is possible to offer you general information on loughs which you
may or may not wish to discuss with your doctor.
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LOUGHS: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE
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Globalization hasn't quite reached the loughs of the world. For you,
lough may be a health issue; but cross the Atlantic and you'll find
it's a feature of the landscape. Ireland is full of loughs, although
Scotland has nothing but lochs. Illogical, since the Scots are happy
to rhyme with the Irish lough when discussing this savoury delicacy,
spelt hough:
http://thefoody.com/meat/pottedhough.html
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LOUGHS IN FICTION
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You probably know this story about poor John:
Rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman John Gough strode
through the streets of Loughborough; after falling into a slough on
Coughlin road near the lough (dry due to drought), he coughed and
hiccoughed, then checked his horse's houghs and washed up in a trough.
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LOUGHS: A LINGUISTIC APPROACH
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The story above can be found with a pronunciation guide which is
somewhat controversial (i.e. I don't agree with it) at:
English Pronunciation (scroll down the page)
http://home.planet.nl/~blade068/languagefun/pronunciation.htm
Clarification is obviously impossible - though here's someone who's
had a good try:
http://www.linguistlist.org/~ask-ling/archive-1998.4/msg00199.html
Hope the lough settles down soon,
Leli
search strategy:
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://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=ough&btnG=Google+Search&meta=cr%3DcountryUK%7CcountryGB |
