Do native speakers pronounce the fricative sound in "month"?
It appears that the fricative sound in "month" is disappearing in some dialects of English.
It appears that the fricative sound in "month" is disappearing in some dialects of English.
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Do native speakers pronounce the fricative sound in "mo
Do native speakers pronounce the fricative sound in "month"?
It appears that the fricative sound in "month" is disappearing in some dialects of English.
I normally hear native speakers pronounce "month" as [ˈmʌ̃nθ] here but "months" as [ˈmʌ̃ʔts]; it seems that the [θ] is normally preserved in NAE dialects in the singular but *not* the plural.
I definitely pronounce the "th" in "month". If someone does not pronounce it, I think it would sound odd.
I hear "months" with [θ] in more careful speech as well; it is just in non-careful speech that [t] seems at least more common amongst the people that I have heard speaking in Real Life.
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