YAEPT: Voiceless TH in whether, worthy ( w as: U T F-8 Test: z h ōng guó ( � ���), 한궄,)
From: | Lars Finsen <lars.finsen@...> |
Date: | Saturday, November 11, 2006, 23:25 |
Arthaey Angosii wrote:
> quoting me:
>
>> 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.
In southeastern Norway, region of the capital Oslo, so it was only as
a foreign language, by a teacher or teachers who weren't native
speakers themselves. So this is not very significant I am afraid...
LEF