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Indo Posted 18 years ago
Speech & Pronunciation

Tie and Thigh

Dear all,

I am an ESL student,

I have problem about pronouce Tie and Thigh, some of my native english friends said that my thigh pronounciation is not correct,

can you explain about the difference pronouce tie or thigh?

where we put our tongue when we pronounce tie?

where we put our tongue when we pronouce thigh?

Thank you for you help
  

Top answer

When you say tie , push the tip of your tonque strongly against the roof of your mouth (against the hard palate). When you say thigh , place the tipmost part of your tongue either (1) in the gap created by your slightly parted upper and lower incisors (teeth)-- recommended for learners-- or (2) against the lower inside of your upper incisors (the usual native position).

— Mister Micawber

  • When you say tie , push the tip of your tonque strongly against the roof of your mouth (against the hard palate).
  • When you say thigh , place the tipmost part of your tongue either (1) in the gap created by your slightly parted upper and lower incisors (teeth)-- recommended for learners-- or (2) against the lower inside of your upper incisors (the usual native position).
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When you say tie, push the tip of your tonque strongly against the roof of your mouth (against the hard palate).
When you say thigh, place the tipmost part of your tongue either (1) in the gap created by your slightly parted upper and lower incisors (teeth)-- recommended for learners-- or (2) against the lower inside of your upper incisors (the usual native position
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Hi,
When you say tie, push the tip of your tonque strongly against the roof of your mouth (against the hard palate).
Surely you are not suggesting that English /t/ is a palatal sound? It is an alveolar in most accents.
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I just wrote what I do when I say /t/. How about 'against the front of the roof of your mouth'?-- where is our alveola, anyway?
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Hi,
How about 'against the front of the roof of your mouth'?-- where is our alveola, anyway?
That seems like a reasonably good description. We should perhaps also clarify to those who read this thread that English /t/ has very many allophonic variants (aspirated, unaspirated, with no audible release, slightly aspirated, dental, postalveolar, etc.). The actual realisat
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