The difference between "t" and "th", is it so difficult????

summerskin · 10-01-2011 04:50PM #1

So far today i have either heard or read the following(mainly read, and on here, which makes it worse...

"I will be trilled" it's THRILLED!
"Seal their faith" Seal their FATE!
"That thrumps all the others" TRUMPS!!!!!
and of course the classic..
"I have a sore troath" THROAT!!!!!!!!

It does my head in! Surely it's not that (or should I say "tath") difficult?????

and then i go and spell "between" wrong in the thread title.... assmonkey.

VERYinterested · 10-01-2011 04:53PM

summerskin wrote: »

So far to day i have either heard or read the following(mainly read, and on here, which makes it worse...

When did 'today' become two words?

summerskin · 10-01-2011 04:53PM

Caught that myself too, but thanks.

summerskin · 10-01-2011 04:54PM

VERYinterested wrote: »

When did 'today' become two words?

Since I became a terrible typist.

10-01-2011 04:54PM

Better "thread carefully" OP or there'll be people posting about what they were "thought" in school

First Post · 10-01-2011 04:54PM

Always remember to use correct grammar and spelling when correcting other people. Otherwise you end up looking like a tool.

Cat Melodeon · 10-01-2011 04:55PM

Not heigth, height.

And they're pronounced Tailand and Tems, not Thailand and Thames.

I'm sure this 'tread' has been done already...

TheZohanS · 10-01-2011 04:57PM

summerskin wrote: »

and then i go and spell "between" wrong in the thread title.... assmonkey.

I see...

Johro · 10-01-2011 04:58PM

Ticko's..

topper75 · 10-01-2011 04:58PM

Correct and it is pronounced Toomond Park rugby commentators. Get it right.

I heard the writer Ken Bruin on the radio this morning referring to Rothweiler dogs. After all the care he took to pronounce the 'w' as a 'v'. Shame!

GTE · 10-01-2011 05:00PM

The effort of going to the other thread was not worth it.

Seloth · 10-01-2011 05:01PM

Thrilled and Fate I can understand....but throat,its a bit foolish to get that wrong and I'm terrible at spelling.

Dravokivich · 10-01-2011 05:04PM

So... OP doesn't really like accents then... jaysus... he'd hate talking with me...

Irish_wolf · 10-01-2011 05:04PM

I never even knew we Oirish had this problem until I went on a trip to amsterdam earlier in the year. While walking around with a dutch friend of mine I was saying I 'tink' so or we should do 'dis' or 'dat'. It was only later in the pub when he said it took him a while to figure out what the hell I was saying.

Made me very aware of it every time I said it afterwards...

Condatis · 10-01-2011 05:05PM

summerskin wrote: »

So far today i have either heard or read the following(mainly read, and on here, which makes it worse...

"I will be trilled" it's THRILLED!
"Seal their faith" Seal their FATE!
"That thrumps all the others" TRUMPS!!!!!
and of course the classic..
"I have a sore troath" THROAT!!!!!!!!

It does my head in! Surely it's not that (or should I say "tath") difficult?????
and then i go and spell "between" wrong in the thread title.... assmonkey.

It's now worse than reading your post; replete as it is with errors of style, grammar and typography.

Correct usage of English is as important in the written form as in the spoken form.

Johro · 10-01-2011 05:06PM

Possibly the difficulty comes from not pronouncing the 'h' in 'th'. I was asked if I had some 'tin plywood' today.

pickarooney · 10-01-2011 05:07PM

Irish_wolf wrote: »

I never even knew we Oirish had this problem until I went on a trip to amsterdam earlier in the year. While walking around with a dutch friend of mine I was saying I 'tink' so or we should do 'dis' or 'dat'. It was only later in the pub when he said it took him a while to figure out what the hell I was saying.

Made me very aware of it every time I said it afterwards...

Weird, Dutch people generally pronounce 'th' as 'd'.

Condatis wrote: »

It's now worse than reading your post; replete as it is with errors of style, grammar and typography.

Correct usage of English is as important in the written form as in the spoken form.

Whereas it wasn't previously? Semi-colon fail for you, too.

Cat Melodeon · 10-01-2011 05:08PM

Condatis wrote: »

It's now worse than reading your post; replete as it is with errors of style, grammar and typography.

Correct usage of English is as important in the written form as in the spoken form.

Incorrect usage seems to be contagious...

Anyone · 10-01-2011 05:11PM

It's bad english, but I heard worser.

Irish_wolf · 10-01-2011 05:15PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Weird, Dutch people generally pronounce 'th' as 'd'.

Well he was half dutch half german so I dunno. Most of the dutch people I talked to had the whole I fink so thing going. Perhaps they were from a different part of the Netherlands presumably their accents are as varied there as they are across Ireland.

Johro · 10-01-2011 05:21PM

pickarooney wrote: »

Weird, Dutch people generally pronounce 'th' as 'd'.

Whereas it wasn't previously? Semi-colon fail for you, too.

No we don't. 'Th' is pronounced 't', the name Theo is pronounced Teo, or 'thee' (tea) is pronounced 'tee'. (tay)
F#ck it, we're Irish:rolleyes:

Johro · 10-01-2011 05:24PM

Irish_wolf wrote: »

Well he was half dutch half german

:eek::eek::eek::eek: f#ckin traitor:p

pickarooney · 10-01-2011 05:25PM

Johro wrote: »

No we don't. 'Th' is pronounced 't', the name Theo is pronounced Teo, or 'thee' (tea) is pronounced 'tee'. (tay)
F#ck it, we're Irish:rolleyes:

There are two 'th' sounds in English - the thing one and the then one. It's fairly obvous I'm referring to the latter.

Johro · 10-01-2011 05:26PM

Irish_wolf wrote: »

Well he was half dutch half german so I dunno. Most of the dutch people I talked to had the whole I fink so thing going. Perhaps they were from a different part of the Netherlands presumably their accents are as varied there as they are across Ireland.

I fink yor fool of doodoo.

Johro · 10-01-2011 05:32PM

pickarooney wrote: »

There are two 'th' sounds in English - the thing one and the then one. It's fairly obvous I'm referring to the latter.

Fair enough, looked like you were referring to Dutch words beginning with 'th'. Which would be pronounced 't'. My bad. I'll take the fifty lashes and carry on regardless. We're hardy.

mcauley · 10-01-2011 05:34PM

summerskin wrote: »

So far today i have either heard or read the following(mainly read, and on here, which makes it worse...

"I have a sore troath" THROAT!!!!!!!!

Reminded me of this which I came across recently on the aul Facebook!

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_Brgp2qd2At8/TSszxxfH9BI/AAAAAAAABEk/z-zRvyKKAFg/trout%20infection.JPG

Oh_Noes · 10-01-2011 05:35PM

Today I saw an English guy on TV pronounce the word "car" and he didn't pronounce the R!

It sounded like he said "caw" !

I was shocked and outraged.

ejmaztec · 10-01-2011 05:37PM

In before the turty-tree.

Fratton Fred · 10-01-2011 05:37PM

Johro wrote: »

No we don't. 'Th' is pronounced 't', the name Theo is pronounced Teo, or 'thee' (tea) is pronounced 'tee'. (tay)
F#ck it, we're Irish:rolleyes:

I'm from the south east of England, so I am as likely to say "fanks" or "free" as an Irishman is to say "tanks" or "tree", but that is just an accent thing. Not knowing the difference between taught and thought is tickness, or is it fickness.

ejmaztec · 10-01-2011 05:39PM

Fratton Fred wrote: »

I'm from the south east of England, so I am as likely to say "fanks" or "free" as an Irishman is to say "tanks" or "tree", but that is just an accent thing. Not knowing the difference between taught and thought is tickness, or is it fickness.

Sarfeast?

Alias G · 10-01-2011 05:41PM

People in from a variety of geographical locations will have a variety of accents....get over it.

The difference between "t" and "th", is it so difficult????

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