why is it so hard for foreigners to do the 'th' (dental fricative) sound? i mean i get that its a new/somewhatkindasortofnotreally unique sound to english (i know other languages have it too [some dialects of spanish, i think greek (?), welsh, icelandic etc...]) but in my opinion its a much easier sound to make than the rolled R, of which i still cant do. You put your tongue right below your front teeth and blow out... its not that hard
what makes it hard? is it the fact that doing it in the middle of a sentence throws you off?
try pronouncing this, non-natives: there are three things thrashing about over there behind the threshold.
>>61105599
i hear foreigners just substitute it with an 'f' sound
i also hear british people doing this for some reason. the, not vuh
>>61105630
Not f, d you retard.
F doesnt make any sense.
>>61105679
ive heard dutch people using an 'f'
desu 'f' and 'th' SOUND similar but its still there; and yeah brits do this. please dont tell me you've never heard someone say 'I fink so' instead of 'I think so'
>>61105599
>but in my opinion its a much easier sound to make than the rolled R, of which i still cant do
>he doesn't spend his spare time practising tiger purrs
http://vocaroo.com/i/s01I5DFc9nmc
>try pronouncing this, non-natives
At least you didn't make up words this time.
>thompton
>>61105846
olen kissa
>>61105679
No, it's F
"medh" sounds less like "meth" than "mefh"
>>61105599
I don't know that it's really difficult for them, I'm sure they could get it down with some practice. It's just hard to do consistently. Like with rolled "r"s, you can probably pronounce it alone, but with a somewhat tricky word (say, comprarlas) you settle for a sound you can make.
>>61105869
>>61105846
I can somehow hear the finnish accent
>>61105893
HOW
>>61105846
thats the best shit i ever heard ya hear?
>>61105630
Only dirty chinese make th into f. "Oh ye walk wif yu" end self pls
>>61106066
sounds closer to normal than "s" tbqh
>>61105599
The main problem for most people isn't producing the TH sounds, but telling them apart from F/V or S/Z depending on the language. Or even D depending on accent.
Also, certain consonant clusters with them are tricky due to tongue position. THR in special.
The rolled R is tricky too.
>>61105679
>F doesnt make any sense.
Yes, it does, both sound apart from S (too common) and are frontal.
>>61105630
Even some native speakers do it - Cockney.
>>61105599
wtf I hate birds now
>>61105599
ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ
>>61106233
ððððððÐÐÐÐÐÐÐðððÐÐÐÐÐ
>>61105883
But comprarlas doesn't use the rolled R, it uses the tap.
And since rolled R in Spanish is found only at word beginning and between vowels (spelled as RR), you can't even have it followed by L.
>>61106247
þetta
