TH sound

Having problems in communication?

 Maybe, they can be caused by some pronunciation mistakes like the one the boy on the commercial made. He understood “think” instead of “sink”.

Actually, TH is one of the most difficult sounds in English. But with some training we can easily learn and say it naturally.

You know that there are two TH sounds in English.

the voiced (vocal cords vibrate)

represented phonetically by this symbol.

Examples:

THY

CLOTHES

THIS 

the voiceless (vocal cords do not vibrate)

represented phonetically by this symbol.

Examples:

THINK

THANK

THOUGHT

The videos below can help you.

She pronounces the word THOUGHT

She pronounces the word THY

See how the voiced TH is pronounced.

Now see two specific words pronounced: 

THOROUGHLY 

RHYTHMIC

Here follows some parts of films where the actors pronounce words with TH.

If you want to have some more practice watch the video below and do some practice on 

http://international.ouc.bc.ca/Pronunciation/

I hope this post can help.

by Vivian Barone