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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation
The pronunciation of "the" and "d"
Hey guys.
Now I learn English and I can't get along with sounds of the vocal "the"and "d". They both sound similar to me, there's little difference but the pronunciation is exactly different. And the "the" is difficult for me to pronounce.
But when I watched a movie, they didn't seem to pronounce "the" correctly, it was more like "d".
So, do I have to follow the way or is it ok to pronounce the vocal "the" as "d"?
Now I learn English and I can't get along with sounds of the vocal "the"and "d". They both sound similar to me, there's little difference but the pronunciation is exactly different. And the "the" is difficult for me to pronounce.
But when I watched a movie, they didn't seem to pronounce "the" correctly, it was more like "d".
So, do I have to follow the way or is it ok to pronounce the vocal "the" as "d"?
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Hi Anon, You asked: So, do I have to follow the way or is it ok to pronounce the vocal "the" as "d"? This is what air traffic controllers and pilots do all over the world. You could follow their example if you like.
- Hi Anon, You asked: So, do I have to follow the way or is it ok to pronounce the vocal "the" as "d"?
- This is what air traffic controllers and pilots do all over the world.
- You could follow their example if you like.
- People will always understand you if you substitute your th's with d's.
- This really isn't much of an issue.
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Hi Anon,
You asked:
Should you, however, like to learn
You asked:
So, do I have to follow the way or is it ok to pronounce the vocal "the" as "d"?This is what air traffic controllers and pilots do all over the world. You could follow their example if you like. People will always understand you if you substitute your th's with d's. This really isn't much of an issue.
Should you, however, like to learn
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If it is that specific 'th' sound you are having problems with, well, yes you can probably get away with say 'de' as a substitute in the word the. It won't work for other words with that sound though. For example, if I'd said to you 'with that sound dough' you wouldn't recognise what I was trying to say.
('This is what air traffic controllers and pilots do all over the world'. are you qui
('This is what air traffic controllers and pilots do all over the world'. are you qui
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Thank you for the answer.
Well, could you tell me some good websites that describe these three different ways of "th"?
I want RP and General AE if you have both.
Anon
Well, could you tell me some good websites that describe these three different ways of "th"?
I want RP and General AE if you have both.
Anon
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Thank you for the answer.
I always try to pronounce "th" correctly, but sometimes, especially when "th" is followed by "d" such as "the dog", I can't do well. My tongue won't work so fast.
I always try to pronounce "th" correctly, but sometimes, especially when "th" is followed by "d" such as "the dog", I can't do well. My tongue won't work so fast.
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Hi nona the brit,
You wrote:
You wrote:
If it is that specific 'th' sound you are having problems with, well, yes you can probably get away with say 'de' as a substitute in the word the. It won't work for other words with that sound though.I disagree. I know many people who do not know how to pronounce the English th's correctly, and people can understand them if they use /d/
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0 >> This is why people always say /dIs/ instead of /thIs/ in air traffic controlling. 02 <<
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00 Interesting. Is it just the non-native speakers who do that, or are native speakers delibrately instructed to pronounce "this" as [ dIs ]? Since many non-native speakers think that [ dIs ] and [ðIs] sound identical, why would it matter whether a native speaker realise
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00 Interesting. Is it just the non-native speakers who do that, or are native speakers delibrately instructed to pronounce "this" as [ dIs ]? Since many non-native speakers think that [ dIs ] and [ðIs] sound identical, why would it matter whether a native speaker realise
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0 I don't think that idea about air traffic control is true. I eventually found a recording of air control to plane transmittion in the UK and they were all saying perfectly normal 'th' sounds. 0-
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0 Yeah, a didn't think that was true. I did find a Wikipedia article that said that the aerospace industry has an industry-regulated writing standard for maintenance documentation though. 0-
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