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Re: YAEPT: Voiceless TH in whether, worthy ( w as: UT F-8 Test: z h ōng guó ( � ���), 한궄,)

From:Arthaey Angosii <arthaey@...>
Date:Saturday, November 11, 2006, 21:07
Emaelivpeith Lars Finsen 'sa <lars.finsen@...>:
> What dialect is your mother using?
Both my parents were born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. All of *their* parents were also Californians, so no immigrant accent influence so far as I know.
> I was taught in school to pronounce th in worthy unvoiced, but voiced > in weather and whether. I certainly have heard worthy with a voiced > th later, which is correct according to Webster. Maybe my teacher had > a British leaning.
Where was your school that taught this? It's certainly the way my mom pronounces those words. -- AA http://conlang.arthaey.com

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Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...>YAEPT: Voiceless TH in whether, worthy ( w as: U T F-8 Test: z h ōng guó ( � ���), 한궄,)
Roger Mills <rfmilly@...>YAEPT: Voiceless TH in whether, worthy)