Hints on English Pronunciation I take it you already know Of 'tough' and 'bought' and 'cough' and 'dough' Others may stumble but not you, On 'thorough', 'plough', 'enough' and 'through' Well done! And now you wish perhaps To learn of less familiar traps. Beware of 'heard': a dreadful word That looks like 'beard' and sounds like 'bird'. And 'dead': it's said like 'bed' not 'bead' For goodness sake don't call it 'deed'. Watch out for 'meat' and 'great' and 'threat' (They rhyme with 'suit' and 'straight' and 'debt'. And 'here' is not a match for 'there', nor 'dear' and 'fear', for 'bear' and 'pear'. And then there's 'dose' and 'rose' and 'lose' - Just look them up - and 'goose' and 'choose' And 'cork' and 'work' and 'card' and 'ward' And 'font' and 'front' and 'word' and 'sword' And 'do' and 'go', then 'thwart' and 'cart', Come, come! I've hardly made a start. A dreadful language? Why man alive! I'd mastered it when I was five. And yet to write, the more I tried, I hadn't learned at fifty-five.I want to share it with you because i find it very inetersting :) If you have poems, texts or exercises that can help me improve my pronunciation, please send them to me. Thank you in advance!