phonetics

The [h] sound

Phonetics

By Mme LEBEAU

The [h] sound in English is quite difficult for us. fr.wikibooks.org Watch this ESL video. Another American teacher gives examples of words that use this sound at the beginning of the word. So don't forget the [h] sound as in Happy Halloween ! However,...

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The TH-sound

Phonetics

By Mme LEBEAU

There are 2 TH-sounds in English. The first one is called "voiceless" or "soft" sound, as in "think", for example. In phonetics, it is symbolized like this : / θ/ The second one is called "voiced" or "hard" sound as in "this/that", for example. In phonetics,...

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