How do you pronounce 'To'?

FTGFOP

Do you pronounce 'To' just the same as you pronounce 'Too'?

I make a distinction myself, although now and again I catch myself saying 'tooh' instead of 'tuh'.

theboss80

To

FatherLen

how it is spelt. to.


this thread is retarded TOO

Mr. Presentable

2

Rented Mule

2

RedXIV

2

Edit: Bollcks, 2 late

pickarooney

Mostly as [tə] but as [tu] when stressed.

WIZE

Two

Tin Foil Hat

/tə

The King of Moo

"2" in isolation, but usually in the middle of a sentence in casual conversation it'll be squished between words into a "tuh" sound.

Opelfruit

II

guitarzero

This should be put in2 the pronunciation section.

Mr. Denton

zu

WIZE

01110100 01101111

Cee-Jay-Cee

I pronounce it 'too' as in toot without the 't' on the end.

'Too' is pronounced similarly except the ooh is longer....toooo

FTGFOP

I like toomatoes.

WindSock

Teh

Orando Broom

Ta. As in 'get in ta fück, ya silly cünt .

emeraldstar

Toooooo.

I remember in primary school a teacher trying to teach us that 'to' should be pronounced 'tuh', with the 'toooo' pronunciation just for 'too' and 'two'. I wanted to tell her she was very wrong.

Wossack

pronounce them the same, but then to make sure people recognise Im being gramatically correct I say 'T' 'double O' in air quotes afterwards

FTGFOP

emeraldstar wrote: »

Toooooo.

I remember in primary school a teacher trying to teach us that 'to' should be pronounced 'tuh', with the 'toooo' pronunciation just for 'too' and 'two'. I wanted to tell her she was very wrong.

This seems familiar. I wonder is that educational policy or is it personal preference of the teacher.

It certainly makes the error of "going too the shops" and "drinking to much" more obvious.

pickarooney

emeraldstar wrote: »

Toooooo.

I remember in primary school a teacher trying to teach us that 'to' should be pronounced 'tuh', with the 'toooo' pronunciation just for 'too' and 'two'. I wanted to tell her she was very wrong.

Luckily you copped on since. Right?

Superbus

I pronounce it operatically.

Chuck Stone

Thuooow

and sometimes I say

Thigh-land insteddy Ti-land

LordSutch

To is pronounced like two, or too, and just like the To in tomorrow.

Didn't know there was any other way

pickarooney

LordSutch wrote: »

To is pronounced like two, or too, and just like the To in tomorrow.

Didn't know there was any other way

So you would say "I'm going toooo the shops tooo buy a tooothbrush tooomorrow"?

To be honest, you'd sounds a bit special talking like that.

FTGFOP

Tooomorrow tooomorrow, it's only a day away!

Susie_Q

Are 'To' and 'Too' pronounced indentically?


WTF is "indentically"??

FTGFOP

Susie_Q wrote: »

Are 'To' and 'Too' pronounced indentically?


WTF is "indentically"??

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

LordSutch

pickarooney wrote: »

So you would say "I'm going toooo the shops tooo buy a tooothbrush tooomorrow"?

To be honest, you'd sounds a bit special talking like that.

So if To is not pronounced as Too, or Two, then how should you pronounce to?

Surely they are all pronounced in the same way, albeit with different spellings & different meanings.

Basic stuff really ......................

RichieC

get dictaphone, say into it "I have to get this too" as naturally as you can.

load to computer, chop to and too out and play them over each other or if you have fancy sound programs you can see the sound wave pattern!

get back to us with the results.

I'm fascinated.

raah!

Go in-tuh dah rum. Savages.

Liam Byrne

The King of Moo wrote: »

"2" in isolation, but usually in the middle of a sentence in casual conversation it'll be squished between words into a "tuh" sound.

Would that be "intuh" ?

P.S. OP - what's "indentically" ? Is it where you say "[tab]" ?

FTGFOP

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Would that be "intuh" ?

It would for me, like the 'to' in 'tomatoes'.

Liam Byrne wrote: »

P.S. OP - what's "indentically" ? Is it where you say "[tab]" ?

That was a mistake, Muphry's law at play.

pickarooney

LordSutch wrote: »

So if To is not pronounced as Too, or Two, then how should you pronounce to?

Surely they are all pronounced in the same way, albeit with different spellings & different meanings.

Basic stuff really ......................

See post 7

The Mad Hatter

Tin Foil Hat on page one has it, with /tə/. Edit: And pickarooney.

The "ə" is called a "schwa" sound (stupid name, I know). It's basically what we squish vowel sounds into when they're not very important.

Essentially, if we pronounced every syllable in every word we said, it'd take forever to say anything and it'd sound very strange. It's one of the reasons early computer voices sounded so wrong.

The King of Moo

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Would that be "intuh" ?

P.S. OP - what's "indentically" ? Is it where you say "[tab]" ?

Actually, in that case I'd stress the 'o' and pronounce it 'intoo' because it's before a vowel sound. Thinking about it now, I would say 'tuh' or 'intuh' before a consonant sound but not before a vowel sound. For example: "I'm going tuh go intuh town now, and appear naked too everyone."

LordSutch

pickarooney wrote: »

See post 7

Ah I see, you speak differently from me, fair enough.

Sea Sharp

'tuh' or 'two'.
I use both cause I'm a mad ba$tard so I am.

The King of Moo

The Mad Hatter wrote: »

Tin Foil Hat on page one has it, with /tə/. Edit: And pickarooney.

The "ə" is called a "schwa" sound (stupid name, I know). It's basically what we squish vowel sounds into when they're not very important.

Essentially, if we pronounced every syllable in every word we said, it'd take forever to say anything and it'd sound very strange. It's one of the reasons early computer voices sounded so wrong.

Exactly, you notice the difference with lots of people whose mother tongues are mainly phonetic like Spanish or Italian when they speak English, and have lots of trouble with the schwa.
For example, they'd say "capital" with the second "a" sounding exactly like the first. It's a tough area for English learners as it's not often clear when to use "ə".

Liam Byrne

Muphry's playing havoc today!!!!!

FTGFOP wrote: »

It would for me, like the 'to' in 'tomatoes'.

Which one ?

FTGFOP

You can't pull the o away from the e like that! So the first 'to', of course.