How is Slough pronounced?

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Slough pronounced sluff is the term for shedding skin, like snakes do. Slough meaning wet, swampy ground can be pronounced either sloo or slou (rhymes with cow). Dictionary.com prefers slou, while the American Heritage Dictionary prefers sloo.

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In Britain, usually "sloo" rhyming with through; except that there is a town near London named Slough, pronounced to rhyme with plough (English for plow.)

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The nickname Slough House is said to come from the remoteness of the location from Regents Park. Theres also a running joke about Slough House agents being slow horses, but slough—which refers to a marshy, low-lying area—is pronounced like how not mow.

Furthermore, how do you spell Sluff? Noun

1. Alternative spelling of slough (skin shed by a snake or other reptile). That is the sluff of a rattler; we must be careful.
2. Alternative spelling of slough (dead skin on a sore or ulcer). This is the sluff that came off of his skin after the burn.
3. An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.

Secondly, what does slough off mean?

a mass or layer of dead tissue separated from the surrounding or underlying tissue. anything that is shed or cast off.

How do you pronounce sloth UK?

Here are 4 tips that should help you perfect your pronunciation of sloth:

1. Break sloth down into sounds: [SLOHTH] - say it out loud and exaggerate the sounds until you can consistently produce them.
2. Record yourself saying sloth in full sentences, then watch yourself and listen.