I pronounced slough...as "sloff" (rhymes with "trough"). I don't even know how long it took me to realize that the slough ("slew") down the road was the same thing as the "sloff" I was reading in books. Eeee-jit.

OK, I answered the questions...now where's my taco?!?

P.S. I guess I'm going to have to re-read some Little House books because I don't recall all that much about Ma.