How to pronounce "Hough"
WesleyP
Save me from the ridicule of my colleagues!
I need to do a verbal presentation on edge detection. How does
one pronounce "Hough" transform -- is it like "huff" or like "how"
or what?
Perry West
WesleyP (wes...@aol.com) wrote:
: Save me from the ridicule of my colleagues!
: I need to do a verbal presentation on edge detection. How does
: one pronounce "Hough" transform -- is it like "huff" or like "how"
: or what?
I've always heard Hough pronounced "Huff".
Regards,
Perry
Michael R. Bastian
WesleyP wrote:
>
> Save me from the ridicule of my colleagues!
>
> I need to do a verbal presentation on edge detection. How does
> one pronounce "Hough" transform -- is it like "huff" or like "how"
> or what?
>
>
It is pronounced huff. It rhymes with rough.
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Walter Gray
In article <19970203013...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, wes...@aol.com (WesleyP) writes:
>Save me from the ridicule of my colleagues!
>
>I need to do a verbal presentation on edge detection. How does
>one pronounce "Hough" transform -- is it like "huff" or like "how"
>or what?
>
>
The only person I know called Hough pronounces her name "Hoff",
that's here in the UK, but maybe it's different in the US.
William C. Snyder
Hi,
Hough is "huff," rhymes with bluff.
-Will
WesleyP wrote:
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> Save me from the ridicule of my colleagues!
>
> I need to do a verbal presentation on edge detection. How does
> one pronounce "Hough" transform -- is it like "huff" or like "how"
> or what?
>
>
--
Dr. William Snyder
wi...@icess.ucsb.edu
http://www.icess.ucsb.edu/~will/will.html
Imaging Scientist
Institute for Computational Earth Systems Science
University of California Santa Barbara
Brendan Welch, W1LPG
>>I need to do a verbal presentation on edge detection. How does
>>one pronounce "Hough" transform -- is it like "huff" or like "how"
>>or what?
>>
>>
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>
>
> that's here in the UK, but maybe it's different in the US.
Forgive me for the small story, folks:
There was a kid in the class behind me; his name was Hough (or was it
Haugh (?)). Anyway, his classmates use to say
"Who he?" and then answer "Hee haw".
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Brendan Welch, system analyst, UMass/Lowell, W1LPG, wel...@woods.uml.edu
Paul M. Mather
: I need to do a verbal presentation on edge detection. How does
: one pronounce "Hough" transform -- is it like "huff" or like "how"
: or what?
:
Most English (British) English would say "hoff" (with a short 'o' as in
hot). Like German Hof.
The English language was developed to confuse invaders from France and
other neighbouring countries. hence we have "though", "plough", "through",
and now "Hough". If you have the misfortune to watch BBC TV, look for a
series called Dad's Army. The chief charactacter (notice the mis-match in
pronunciation between ch of chief and ch of character, by the way) is
called Mainwairing, which is pronounced Mannering.
Don't ask me why.
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William Paul Berriss
Paul said:
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> series called Dad's Army.
> pronunciation between ch of chief and ch of character, by the way) is
> called Mainwairing, which is pronounced Mannering.
>
> Don't ask me why.
>
It's just a silent W isn't it? i.e. Mainairing, (with French accent?)
What about the 2 similar kitchen objects saucepan (pron. sore-span)
and saute pan (so-tay pan) then?
Did anyone get the Hew Haw joke? Hee haw huff? and I'll blow your
house down?
I'm not very good with jokes.
Thanks
Will
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Reinert H.G.Mueller
In article <5d7un3$r...@paperboy.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk>, mat...@geography.nottingham.ac.uk (Paul M. Mather) says:
>Most English (British) English would say "hoff" (with a short 'o' as in
>hot). Like German Hof.
>
>The English language was developed to confuse invaders from France and
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I fully agree with that!
Please use, however, a long ´o´ with German ´Hof´.
German is much easier, just pronounce as you write :-)
>other neighbouring countries. hence we have "though", "plough", "through",
>and now "Hough". If you have the misfortune to watch BBC TV, look for a
>series called Dad's Army. The chief charactacter (notice the mis-match in
>pronunciation between ch of chief and ch of character, by the way) is
>called Mainwairing, which is pronounced Mannering.
>
>Don't ask me why.
Reinert H. G. Mueller, The F.I.B.U.S. research institute, guess where?
Mark S. Hayworth
I've only ever heard it pronounced as "Huff."
But I suppose the best way is to ask him. Does anyone know if Hough
is still around (alive). Maybe he could answer himself via
newsgroup or e-mail. Or maybe there is someone around who worked with
him or met him.
Joerg Rheims
Mark S. Hayworth wrote:
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> I've only ever heard it pronounced as "Huff."
> But I suppose the best way is to ask him. Does anyone know if Hough
> is still around (alive). Maybe he could answer himself via
> newsgroup or e-mail.
He got a patent on his 'H.'-transformation in 1961. So he must either be
rather old or is already deceased.
Joerg Rheims
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