Re: USAGE: Thorn vs Eth
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, July 10, 2002, 22:12 |
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Tony Hogard wrote:
> I pronounce it /sIksT/. How else would one say it? :)
/sIkT/, just like /fIT/ or /twElT/. Hmm ... those could be summarized
as "final fricative is dropped before -th" :-) Well, there's also the
/aj/ -> /I/ change in "five/fifth". /twElfT/ is especially hard.
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