"th" as in "the" or "thread" - Page 2

SteveDallas · 09-13-2007, 03:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

dental fricative

You make it sound sooo dirty.

Shawnee123 · 09-13-2007, 03:08 PM

Yet, so fascinating.

barefoot serpent · 09-13-2007, 03:31 PM

I'm wearing a dipthong.

Aliantha · 09-13-2007, 04:28 PM

I'd pay that one monster. lol Funniest thing i've seen at this time of day ever.

OK, that's an exaggeration, but it was still amuzing.

monster · 09-13-2007, 07:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I'd pay that one monster. lol Funniest thing i've seen at this time of day ever.

OK, that's an exaggeration, but it was still amuzing.

I thank you. I actually made myself laugh with that one and caused myself to double post. I'm thinking the americans are not finding it so amusing....

DanaC · 09-13-2007, 04:31 PM

Ferry = short 'e' two short staccato syllables. Fairy = a long 'air' sound, one long and one short syllable.

Shawnee123 · 09-13-2007, 04:35 PM

I hear those words differently, so I believe I say them differently, though it might take a linguistic specialist to determine the difference. I feel the same way about their/they're/there, and affect/effect. I "hear" them almost as if it's a visual thing. Does that make sense?

DanaC · 09-13-2007, 04:43 PM

Absolutely.

lumberjim · 09-13-2007, 04:56 PM

d'ja ever tell someone that they have something in their teeth just for fun? or a bit of glitter on their face? just to watch them make weird faces and stuff?

Aliantha · 09-13-2007, 07:57 PM

Maybe not. I hope they don't think we're being cruel.

lumberjim · 09-13-2007, 08:07 PM

ch'yeah....cuz americans give a rat's red ass what you furriners think of us and our'n

Aliantha · 09-13-2007, 08:10 PM

... of course you don't care Jimbo.

lumberjim · 09-13-2007, 08:12 PM

no chattingz!

Aliantha · 09-13-2007, 08:14 PM

ok. stop responding then.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-14-2007, 06:52 AM

I'm with DanaC on ferry/fairy, and affect/effect are differentiated out of my mouth. Affect comes nearer a schwa, and effect may go to long E if I'm trying to be extremely intelligible.

09-13-2007, 03:08 PM	#2
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Yet, so fascinating. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-13-2007, 03:31 PM	#3
barefoot serpent go ahead, abbrev. it Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Lawrence, KS Posts: 2,623	I'm wearing a dipthong. __________________ Chooses rowing vs. wading

09-13-2007, 04:28 PM	#4
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	I'd pay that one monster. lol Funniest thing i've seen at this time of day ever. OK, that's an exaggeration, but it was still amuzing. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

09-13-2007, 04:35 PM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I hear those words differently, so I believe I say them differently, though it might take a linguistic specialist to determine the difference. I feel the same way about their/they're/there, and affect/effect. I "hear" them almost as if it's a visual thing. Does that make sense? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-13-2007, 04:56 PM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	d'ja ever tell someone that they have something in their teeth just for fun? or a bit of glitter on their face? just to watch them make weird faces and stuff? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-13-2007, 04:31 PM	#6
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Ferry = short 'e' two short staccato syllables. Fairy = a long 'air' sound, one long and one short syllable.

09-13-2007, 04:43 PM	#8
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	Absolutely.

09-13-2007, 07:57 PM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Maybe not. I hope they don't think we're being cruel. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

09-13-2007, 08:07 PM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	ch'yeah....cuz americans give a rat's red ass what you furriners think of us and our'n __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-13-2007, 08:10 PM	#12
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	... of course you don't care Jimbo. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

09-13-2007, 08:12 PM	#13
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	no chattingz! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-13-2007, 08:14 PM	#14
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	ok. stop responding then. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

09-14-2007, 06:52 AM	#15
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	I'm with DanaC on ferry/fairy, and affect/effect are differentiated out of my mouth. Affect comes nearer a schwa, and effect may go to long E if I'm trying to be extremely intelligible. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

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