• ObsidianZed@lemmy.world
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    I use both. One feels more singular while the other feels more plural though I can’t tell you which when you ask me. We have to sneak up on it together.

    I have the same issue with “Thuh” and “Thee” for “The.”

    • Limfjorden@feddit.dk
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      2 months ago

      “The” does have two pronunciations depending on if the word after it starts with a vovel sound or not. It’s “Thuh” for consonants and “Thee” for vowels.

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          It’s both things, and subjected to wide variation:

          - Stressed Unstressed
          Prevocalic /ði:/ /ði/, /ðɪ/, /ð/
          Preconsonantal /ði:/, /ðʌ/ /ðə/

          Source for those pronunciations, Wiktionary.

          To complicate it further some varieties merge /ʌ/ and /ə/, or /ɪ/ and /ə/. And I’m not even taking into account varieties using a different consonant, /t θ d f v/.

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            Ohh nice, that table helps. I felt like something was off about people sometimes using more /ði:/ than what I was taught!

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          I’m just going off what I learned in school in Denmark. According to lvxferre@mander.xyz it seems there is a lot more variation than I thought.

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          Please, i don’t want to be self aware of my accent in my first language.

          Also the two pronunciations of “the” noted above are different mouth shapes. “Uh” un butt versus “ee” in jeep.