[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: pronunciation

[Janette]

>
> Geoff:
> I think the difference between the voiced and unvoiced 'th' is a tiny
> difference between the tongue positions. The unvoiced 'th' has the
> tongue slightly further forward .
>
> Referring back to my comments on teaching the other day, you'll
> particularly hear sloppy speakers with Cockney  or other similar
> London accents pronounce 'thousand' or 'thirty' with the 'f' sound
> - 'fahsend' or 'firty' - but 'this' or 'that' will be correct....


montims:
Really?  When I worked in the City, and lived in Whitechapel, I had a lot of
cockneys in my office, and spoke to others while shopping and so on, and
they would say Viss and Vatt if they said fahsend...  Beigels of course were
pronounced BYEgels.


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