Find a word ending in <th> in which the digraph is not pronounced as /θ/.If you need a hint, lemme know!
Update: My apologies! I forgot to add the /ð/. The word must not end in /ð, θ/.
Update 2: If you've ever owned an elephant, you will be familiar with the word (and you'd better be!).
"smooth"
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ReplyDeleteAnd probably some Indian names with -th = [t]. Historically 'amaranth'.
ReplyDeleteNot ending in [ð] or [θ]? Words spelt -gth at the end.
ReplyDeleteSuch as? 'Length' and 'strength' have [θ].
DeleteCorrect Phillip, I was too hasty. I was really thinking of -ght: ought etc. But that breaks Petr's criteria (-ht not -th). You seem to be on the right track.
DeleteAbsinth? Usually this corresponds to [θ], though, otherwise the spelling absinthe is used.
ReplyDeleteBit of a stretch, but one might argue it's (alternatively) pronounced [tθ] in words with -nth.
ReplyDeleteAh, musth. So I was right about an Indian language.
ReplyDeleteYes, Phillip, you were right indeed.
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