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Yiduo Posted 15 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Clothes

Hello,

I feel the pronunciation of the word 'colthes' is quite difficult. The letters 'th' is pronounced between the teeth,but the letters 'es' is pronounced upperly. How could I move the tongue so quickly?And I almost can't hear the existence of ‘th’.

Could you help me out? Thanks.
  

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it is pronounced as "close". Kenyon and Knott lists only that. However, MW lists it as a primary pronounciation.

— Raindoctor

  • it is pronounced as "close".
  • Kenyon and Knott lists only that.
  • However, MW lists it as a primary pronounciation.
  • th (voiced) + s = fronted z
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it is pronounced as "close". Kenyon and Knott lists only that. However, MW lists it as a primary pronounciation.

th (voiced) + s = fronted z
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I don't think so.It's very easy to pronunciate.I think you should be more patient
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I agree with raindoctor.

Pronounce it close. Only a pedant would take the trouble or the time to pronounce the th.

Rover
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And I almost can't hear the existence of ‘th’.

That's not surprising because only a very small minority of people pronounce the 'th'.

It's pronounced [kloz].

CJ
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If you are in the UK or old British colonies outside of North America, you will hear the 'ths' at the end of the word. North Americans tend to drop the 'ths' and say something like 'cloze'. I found it strange to hear it the North American way when I first arrived in Canada. When I say 'clothes' my tongue moves from the top of my mouth behind my teeth (cl), to slightly protruding (oth), to the bott
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