Spelling in English can be deceptive. It’s ston, not stone.
It must be rather rough
to be addressed as Reverend Ough.
Or do you politely cough
and say, 'No, I pronounce it Ough'?
Yet if you lived in Slough
you'd be known as Reverend Ough.
While the priest by Irish lough
is addressed as Father Ough.
But I rather think it, though,
that you're simply known as Ough.
Still, I think I've said enough
Mr. Oh, Ow, Ock or Uff.
George W. Featherstonhaugh (1780-1866) was a British geologist who did a lot of traveling in the US. His Excursion through the Slave States... reporting his observations during a trip in the 1830s makes for interesting reading. He later helped King Louis Philippe and his wife escape from France during the revolution of February 1848.