Spoken American English has two TH sounds. One sound is voiced and one is voiceless. The voiceless TH sound is found in the middle of these common words.
- Something
- Everything
- Anything
- Nothing
- Birthday
- Faithful
- Wealthy
- Healthy
- Methods
Many non native speakers pronounce the TH as a /t/. This creates an accent and sounds kind of funny; especially if you say things like BirTday or FaiTful.
People from many language backgrounds tend to do this; Spanish speakers, Chinese speakers, Indian speakers and Russian speakers.
Learning to pronounce the TH sound is one important thing you will learn when you take an American English pronunciation course.
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