Venting I've learned to pronounce th.

[CaptainSunshine!]

I've learned English as a young lad and always thought th was f or d. That's how I rolled.

But recently I found out that this is not the case.
I discovered this through the ipa, as I like conlanging.
On one episode of Bojack Horseman, Mr. Peanutbutter pointed out the difference. This made me realize that people can actually tell the difference.

After some bored practicing, I've learned to pronounce both unvoiced th (think, through, tooth) and voiced th (this, although, other). Although I am not the best at it, I have 90% confidence I'm doing it right.

That is all. Just wanted to brag.

 

[Pale_Rider]

Something worth bragging about!

 

[Lycoris]

I've learned English as a young lad and always thought th was f or d. That's how I rolled.

But recently I found out that this is not the case.
I discovered this through the ipa, as I like conlanging.
On one episode of Bojack Horseman, Mr. Peanutbutter pointed out the difference. This made me realize that people can actually tell the difference.

After some bored practicing, I've learned to pronounce both unvoiced th (think, through, tooth) and voiced th (this, although, other). Although I am not the best at it, I have 90% confidence I'm doing it right.

That is all. Just wanted to brag.

Same!! People used to make fun of me for saying "bir(f)day instead of bir(th)day" and now that im older people say my accent was cute so now idk what to think...
p.s i love the song ur pfp is from, italian miku is so cute

 

[NearlyIrrelevantCake]

That's great.

English is my native language and I struggle with the rolled R in Spanish and the similar R in French. I can kind of make the sounds on their own, but not while speaking and in the middle of a word.

 

[Manaaja]

Th has been really hard for me too.

In Finnish, if a person says th instead of t, you just assume they are drunk or old or young or have a speech problem or missing teeth or are being silly. You don't really pay attention to it.

So to a typical Finnish ear, "This is" and "Tis is" are the exact same thing.

I've finally learnt to hear and say the difference, but it took a fucking long time.

If you want to feel better, "Näin väärin" means "I saw wrong", "Nain vaarin" means "I fucked/married grandpa.". "Tapan lapseni" means "I'll kill my children"
and "Tapaan lapseni" means "I will meet my children." Yet despite telling people that, a lot of foreigners still insist that there's no difference between a and ä, and double vowel and single vowel.

 

[Tiny Little Tree]

Thanks thee this thoughtful thread

 

[Manaaja]

Thanks thee this thoughtful thread

fangs, fam-purée