*Very* OT pronunciation help, please!

[bboyminn]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "geoff_bannister" <gbannister10 at ...> wrote:
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> --- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" <susiequsie23@> wrote:
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> > Hello, from a too-long lurker.
> > 
> > When my family & I visited England earlier this spring, being the big soccer/football fans that we are, we knew we wanted to see a match whilst there.  So we went to a Derby County FC match and promptly fell in love with the team (and I in love with Robbie Savage ;)).
> > 
> > So here's my pronunciation question, re: former DCFC manager Brian Clough and current DCFC manager, his son, Nigel Clough.  How the heck does one properly pronounce CLOUGH?
> > 
> > Does it rhyme with rough?
> > Does it rhyme with clock?
> > Does it sound like clog?
> > Does it rhyme with slow?
> > 
> > Help, please!  
> 
> Geoff:
> You should ask your tame English friend... :-)
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> It's Cluff... i.e. rhyming with rough.
> 
> Any surname like that is usually the same: Barraclough, Brough.
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> PS I think Derby played my old home town side Burnley didn't they? 
> You'll be interested to know that they gained promotion to the 
> Premier Division this season (first time for 33 years) and in their 
> first match beat Man United!!
>