Do you pronounce the 'th' in clothes?

MmmmmCheese

I was having a ridiculously pointless argument with someone about this a while ago, what's the right way to pronounce it?

I Drink It Up!

it's pronounced "z".

Cloze

alwaysadub

Similar to 'close'-as in 'close the door'

MagicMarker

I Drink It Up! wrote: »

it's pronounced "z".

Cloze

No it's fúcking not.

Jesus!

Davidius

I pronounce it armour myself.

Hank_Jones

I think only the queen pronounces the th.

galwayrush

I thought Emperor Bertie banned "th":pac::pac:

MrStuffins

Der's no "th" in "Who gives a rats?"

brummytom

I pronounce it 'cloves', but not much emphasis on the 'v'

MmmmmCheese

MrStuffins wrote: »

Der's no "th" in "Who gives a rats?"

Well with spelling like that you wouldn't would you?

bonerm

I can't stand these pointless threads any longer. I'm off to watch a filim.

MrStuffins

MmmmmCheese wrote: »

Well with spelling like that you wouldn't would you?

I originally wrote "There's...." but recognised the irony in adding the "Th" in "There's"

So left it out

MrStuffins

bonerm wrote: »

I can't stand these pointless threads any longer. I'm off to watch a filim.

Da Emperor's New Cloze?

Caveat

Yes I pronounce it.

Generally to add some balance to those loo lahs who insist on pronouncing the "th" in Thai and Thames.

Plowman

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The Mad Hatter

Yeth.

WindSock

Lately, I've been training myself to pronounce things proper, innit. Like I will call a Theatre 'Thee ate er' and Tissues Tissss ewes. So Clo the sz is perfectly acceptable. Yeah, I like to think I am unique. Take that, Goths :cool:

AnonoBoy

I don't pronounce the 'th' in most words.

But I don't call clothes clothes I call them threads.

Pronounced 'reads'.

bonerm

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I don't pronounce the 'th' in most words.

But I don't call clothes clothes I call them threads.

Pronounced 'reads'.

So, next question, is that pronounced 'reads' (as in "I read") or 'reads' (as in "I read") ?

StinkySocs

Nope it's a slient "TH":p

yerayeah

I don't. Very few people I know pronounce it.

Mr. Presentable

Clothes \Clothes\ (kl[=o][th]z or kl[=o]z;

I use the former, much to my OH's amusement

Abi

Plowman wrote: »

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No. The 'e' changes the sound.


Brummy's post has gone unnoticed so far, but his dialect replaces the 'th' with a 'v'. So its not just an Irish abuse of the proper pronunciation (I say that with love Tom ). We all know how it is to be pronounced but choose a lazier way of saying it. I've gone over it aloud and I pronunce it as c-lowws.

iUseVi

This is strange. If someone pronounced this without the "th" I would have absolutely no idea what the hell they were talking about; I would have to use context to help me. I've never heard it pronounced without the "th" except for maybe by small children.

Kold

Do you pronounce the 'th' in Thom Yorke?

Earthhorse

I do pronounce it but very softly, so you might not notice.

MrStuffins

MagicMarker wrote: »

No it's fúcking not.

Jesus!

Don't you mean Jethus?

Dunjohn

I can solve this argument! I have on my very laptop a Polish/English dictionery that has recorded pronunciations for all the words on the English side but not the Polish, making it useful only to solve pub arguments like this one! One second, and I'll save the day....

...It gives both versions. Sorry. Two recordings. The British accent pronounces the "th," the American lady doesn't. Sorry.

Resume arguing.

Liam Byrne

AnonoBoy wrote: »

But I don't call clothes clothes I call them threads.

Clothes might be made of threads, but they're not the same thing.

Liam Byrne

Dunjohn wrote: »

I have on my very laptop a Polish/English dictionery......

A wha' ????

Dionysus

MmmmmCheese wrote: »

Do you pronounce the 'th' in clothes?

No. That would be mad. What next? pronouncing a 'h' like an 'aitch'?

Down with that ...