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Please show me how to pronounce th .
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@iwamoto4477 Yes, in my second set of words (think, Thackeray, fourth) my tongue is between my teeth. In the first set, my tongue just touches the inside of my upper teeth.
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There are two ways of pronouncing the TH sound:
1) Words like "the", "them" and "those". The sound is closer to D. (/ð/ in the phonetic alphabet)
2) Words like "think", "Thackeray" (a surname), "fourth". The sound is somewhere between S and F. (/θ/)
You just need to know the words to know which of the two sounds to use.
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@iwamoto4477 This link will tell you all you want to know and more: http://rachelsenglish.com/english-pronounce-th-...
The teacher is an American English speaker, but I think what she shows you about the TH sound can be applied to any proper use of English, whichever dialect you are aiming for.
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@iwamoto4477 Yes, in my second set of words (think, Thackeray, fourth) my tongue is between my teeth. In the first set, my tongue just touches the inside of my upper teeth.
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