Fine! It's just like in Russian so in this case I don't need to learn anything new.th: like 'tea' but with the tip of the tongue striking the back of the top teeth rather than the palate.
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Fine! It's just like in Russian so in this case I don't need to learn anything new.th: like 'tea' but with the tip of the tongue striking the back of the top teeth rather than the palate.
Thanks tilt,tiltbillings wrote: It is not that hard.
The fact that in English we use "th" for what we do is the product of an interesting series of historical accidents: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciat ... English_th.TheDhamma wrote: I think it has to do with incorrect spellings from the original translations from Asian languages to English;
The musical term pronounced like "forté" is spelled "forte" and means "loud". The other word spelled "forte" that means "strong point" was pronounced like "fort" until people began confusing it with the other one.TheDhamma wrote: Pronunciations are not my forté.
Yes.Dhammabodhi wrote:Thank you Ajahn for the correction and explanations. I realised another good word which mimicks the Indic 'th' could be 'Thai'.