[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: pronunciation

[Random832]

Carol wrote:
> Catlady (Rita Prince Winston) wrote:
>>> Continuing on the subject of people frustrating me: I am certain
> that  when I say 'thin', the TH sounds a little bit like an F and when
> I say  'think', the TH sounds a little bit like an S. I could say
> words starting with TH all day and all the 'unvoiced' (is that right?)
> ones would sound like one of those two examples. <snip>
> 
> Random832 replied: 
>> Can you think of any two words that are pronounced _exactly_ the
> same, except for these two sounds?
> 
> Carol responds:
> At any rate, I can't think of any *exact* matches, but how about
> "bath" and "bathe"? The a changes from short to long, true, but the
> "th" changes along with it from unvoiced in "bath" to voiced in
> "bathe." If anyone can say both words with the same "th" sound,
> they're speaking some dialect I'm unfamiliar with.
> 
> Carol, wondering where the "e" added to her name came from

Random832:
No idea - but, I can think of plenty of exact pairs for voiced/voiceless 
"th" - "mouth" as noun vs verb is one. I was asking if there were any 
for her two different voiceless ones.