It's almost HalloWEEN!

Halloween, like many other words ending with 'ee', has the stress on the last syllable:

haa·luh·'ween



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Fun Halloween Events

(special pandemic edition)

Socially Distant

Pumpkin Patch Picking

ˈsoʊʃəli ˈdɪstənt

pʌmpkɪn pætʃ ˈpɪkɪŋ

Horror Movie

Drive-ins

'hɔːrər muːvi 'draɪv-ɪns

Haunted Car Wash

hɔntɪd 'kɑr wɑʃ

Outdoor Victorian

Mourning Faire

ˌaʊtˈdɔr vɪkˈtɔriən ˈmɔrnɪŋ fer

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Taught, caught, bought...

In words spelled with aught and ought, the letters u & gh are silent, and the vowel is pronounced with the open ɑ/ɔ sound.

(The sounds /ɑ/ and /ɔ/ are pronounced the same in the West Coast variety of American English).

taught = tot

bought = bot

caught = cot

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More examples

thought

/thɔt/

He thought about it all afternoon.

brought

/brɔt/

She brought watermelon to the picnic.

fought

/fɔt/

Princess Leia fought valiantly.