Bearing the cost

I wish she would grow up. She wasted all her school time wanting to be the age she is now, and she'll waste all the rest of her life trying to stay that age. Her whole idea is to race on to the silliest time of one's life as quick as she can and then stop there as long as she can. - Lewis, "The Last Battle" - about Susan and how silly she is being, saying that Narnia is for children

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

question

So in Pilgrim's Progress, Christian gets caught in the Slough of Despond. This would be a great opportunity for me to talk about depression or loneliness. But no. My query is completely one of pronunciation.

Slu? Slow? Slaow? Sluff? Sloff?

Darn English.

posted by Annie @ 7:11 AM  

1 Comments:

  • At 7:19 PM, Blogger Sam Negus said…

    It's pronounced the same way as plough. Not at all like dough, or cough or trough, or thorough, or borough (as opposed to the American bastardisation boro). Isn't it obvious? Why can't you Americans grasp the intricacies of this simple language? Or more importantly, haven't you seen The Office?

     

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