clothes = pronunciation??

Hi,
I pronounce "clothes" exactly the same as "close", so no TH. This should be a standard and common pronunciation.

As for "depths"... aaaargh! I'll repeat that, in case you didn't get it: aaaaargh!

hehe Thanks Kooyeen! 'Depths' was in my presentation for Boston and I was so scared about how I should have pronounced it; I as

Hey, people!!
thanks a lot for your answers!

So it is really true that th is not pronounced!!!!! But what about the native speakers's opinion? I'd like it know it...

So it is really true that th is not pronounced!!!!!

Yes. It's really, really, really true.

sh

What’s funny is close has two pronunciations and two meanings. I can be close to you and I can close the door. “I’m going to close the door if you get any closer.” In close the door the “s” has a “z” sound and in I am close to you the “s” has a typical “s” sound as in snake.

My dictionary & in fact most lexicons tell me it may be pronounced as /clcZ/ or /clcðZ/. I mostly utter the easy or ‘lazy’ 1^st version.

I pronounce "clothes" exactly as it is written. Sounds like "clo w ths". Whenever I hear it mispronounced "close" it gives the impression that the speaker is lazy, uneducated, or perhaps there are English dialects where it is correct (but none that I know of). Anyway, I recommend that you pronounce it as written.

Hi,
Close - with "s" sound, when it's an adjective: She was close to me.
Close - with "z" sound, when it's a verb: Close the door, please.

I have never heard the s in close pronounced as a z. Also, I have never heard anyone pronounce the th in clothes.

So you "cloce" the door in Philadelphia?

CJ