Re: USAGE: Thorn vs Eth
| From: | Kendra <kendra@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, July 13, 2002, 8:13 |
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> I prounouce it /ei?T/, with a glottal stop. I someimes even pronounce it
> /ei?tT/. I pronouce sixth as /sIksT/, and I pronounce sixths as /sIkTs/ As
> you can see, 4 consonants was too much for me, and I dropped the first /s/
I either say that or /sIksDz/ if I'm trying to be really clear. I
noticesomepeople
say "eights" when talking about fractions, as in "five eights" instead of
"five eighths,"
dont' think I've heard any other numbers usedl ike that though.
( please pardon mt yping, cuddly kitten is attacking me)
-Kendra
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