• smackjack
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    2 years ago

    I always pronounce the H in Meghan and the TH in Thailand in my head.

    • Siethron
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      2 years ago

      Thighland is a very different place in my head.

    • HipHoboHarold
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      2 years ago

      While we are at it, the. The t doesn’t sound like a t. The h doesn’t sound like an h. The e doesn’t sound like an e.

      None of the letters sound like how they should when looked at individually. I propose we change this. From now on, each letter gets pronounced as itself in the word the.

      • psud@aussie.zone
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        2 years ago

        We used to have a letter for ‘th’ (thorn (Þ, þ)), but it was replaced by ‘th’. There are people trying to bring back, but I wonder if they just like typing þorn (thorn)