How do we pronounce ''Houghton''?

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Jackson6612

#413952 Tue, 04 Sep 07 09:28 AM

How do we pronounce Houghton?

Do we pronounce it almost as huff-ton?

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nona the brit

#414044 Tue, 04 Sep 07 02:59 PM

I would think more like 'Haw-ton'

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The name says it all.

CalifJim

#415339 Fri, 07 Sep 07 08:00 AM

Stressed HOAT (rhymes with boat) with unreleased t, followed by unstressed N (syllabic N). (AmE)

(It's a town not far from where I was born.)

CJ

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Brunate

#415659 Fri, 07 Sep 07 10:13 PM

We would pronounce it as "hawton" (haw as in saw), but I have a friend here and she has this name and it is pronounced Howton (how/now/cow). So either is correct.

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