Buck's English: Take a draught of elixir for your cough
“That draft is really cold,” said Percival Ascot as he took a draught of something bracing while standing in the doorway at Curly's Soonerco.
“I just don't recall ever being taught the rule ... as to why the word ‘draught' is pronounced ‘draft' instead of being pronounced as rhyming with ‘caught,'” said Jim Busby , of Oklahoma City . “Some British joker must have decided on the ‘ugh' instead o...
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