Chapter 139

_caught, bought, fright, nigh, sigh;_ pronounced _caut, baut, frite, ni, si._ In the following exceptions, however, _gh_ are pronounced as _f:--cough, chough, clough, enough, laugh, rough, slough, tough, trough._

xiii. When WH begins a word, the aspirate _h_ precedes _w_ in pronunciation; as in _what, whiff, whale;_ pronounced _hwat, hwiff, hwale, w_ having precisely the sound of _oo_, French _ou_. In the following words _w_ is silent:--_who, whom, whose, whoop, whole._

xiv. H after _r_ has no sound or use; as in _rheum, rhyme_; pronounced _reum, ryme_.

xv. H should be sounded in the middle of words; as in fore_h_ead, ab_h_or, be_h_old, ex_h_aust, in_h_abit, un_h_orse.