> In support of its adoption of "drouth" in place of "drought" THE TRIBUNE cites the fact that most persons use the pronunciation indicated by the first — and simpler — spelling.

This one seems very strange. Do people really pronounce the final sound as /θ/?

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xboxnolifes 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I've never heard anyone ever pronounce it that way.

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Freedom2 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, I've heard that commonly pronounced by Americans. Not to mention that most will also try to correct you if you dare pronounce it differently than they do!

	▲	tdeck 7 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I'm an American and don't remember ever hearing this pronunciation. Wiktionary lists /draʊt/ for both the US and UK pronunciation. America has a lot of regional accents though, it's not unbelievable to me that this exists somewhere.
	▲	cratermoon 4 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I’ve also heard it as drouth. It is, in fact, an archaic alternate spelling https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/drought-or-drouth