I have a question for you linguists and philos and biblios: why are tough and enough not pronounced like cough, and why are slouch and couch not pronounced like touch?

I have a question for you linguists and philos and biblios: why are tough and enough not pronounced like cough, and why are slouch and couch not pronounced like touch?
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I would love to know it as well, I keep forgetting to ask this. Now that I’m here, how come the “e” at the end of a word changes it’s sound sometimes. Example: Dove (Dough’ve) ,vs Dove (Duv) Rule (R-uu-le) ,vs Dove (Duv)
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