On her blog this week Lisa Mosjin, author of Mastering the American Accent writes about the pronunciation of the words months and clothes. These words contain the difficult consonant cluster th+s.
She says that you should always pronounce the th + s as in words like strengths and Smiths. In order to do this you must quickly move your tongue from the th position (slightly between your teeth) to the s position (slightly behind your teeth).
She notes, however that when pronouncing the words months and clothes most American English speakers drop the th and just say mons and close.
You can read more of Lisa’s posts here. http://accurateenglish.blogspot.com/
Tags: Accent Reduction Techniques, american english consonants, American English Pronunciation, learn american accent, mastering the american accent, th sound
