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"(the 'th' in say "think" is difficult enough would major English dialects not pronounce it very differently)."

Please don't be offended, DoDo, if I jump in here. I can't myself think of a major dialectal difference in pronunciation of the "th" in "think". It's an unvoiced "th" that most English speakers pronounce in the same way (with a possible slight tendency towards an aspirate "t" in some Irish accents?)

The disassociation of spelling and pronunciation, on the other hand, there you have my sympathy. But I look at Hungarian words and your explanation of how to pronounce them and marvel... ;)

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 03:34:43 PM EST
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To my ear, that "th" sometimes sounds close to a t, sometimes close to an s, sometimes a little d is in it. Fluctuating between these three (<-here is it again), I completely despair each time I have to sound it...

*Lunatic*, n.
One whose delusions are out of fashion.
by DoDo on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 03:40:16 PM EST
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I find it really amusing that English speakers have no trouble distinguishing between 'thick' and 'sick' and yet insist on claiming that Castillians "lisp" when they distinguish between maza and masa.

guaranteed to evoke a violent reaction from police is to challenge their right to "define the situation." --- David Graeber citing Marc Cooper
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Tue Jan 24th, 2006 at 04:11:04 PM EST
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