Re: USAGE: Thorn vs Eth
| From: | Tony HydraulicOrganismGeneratedforAccurateRepair,Destruction <james.hogard@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, July 9, 2002, 13:33 |
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John Cowan:
> Initial "th" is /D/ in closed-class words only;
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> Intervocalic "th" is /D/ except in words of Greek origin;
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> Final "th" is /D/ if a silent "e" follows, and in some pron. of
> "with";
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> All other "th" is /T/.
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> (Anglophones, I'd be interested to hear of exceptions.)
Intervocalic /T/ -- "within", "without".
I've heard "loath" both ways, but I differentiate adjective
"loath" /loT/ and verb "loathe" /loD/.
-Tony