Timeline for Why are there no English nouns starting with "th" pronounced as /ð/?
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| May 28 at 18:30 | comment | added | earlyinthemorning | The audio linked in that article sounds like the same consonant in "there" to me despite the transcription. Compare how this guy says it compared to theropods: youtube.com/watch?v=RsqcKgyctYU However, Nigel Marvin does pronounce it with /θ/. Perhaps an American English inclination? (For what it is worth, both /θ/ and /ð/ are typically not used at all by non-native speakers.) | |
| May 28 at 18:02 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Wikipedia posits initial /θ/. | |
| May 28 at 17:52 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | Oh, I don't know that this is right: theropods and such always have initial /θ/, never initial /ð/. Are you listening to non-native speakers perhaps? Please include links, understanding that this is still only anecdotal evidence at best. | |
| May 28 at 17:18 | history | answered | earlyinthemorning | CC BY-SA 4.0 |