I am not sure what is the best way do describe this, but here goes: put
your tongue up against your upper front teeth and blow out, that is how you
produce the þ sound. Ð is done the same way but it is softer, you basically
don't blow any air to produce it - similar to what you hear in 'the'. You
would have to hear it to understand what I mean. These are totally
different sounds.
J
>
> No. Eth is the first sound in 'the' - hard th - and terminal too - I
> prounce 'with as hard, not soft.
> Soft th is thorn and that's what it is sounds like. Trying to think
> of a soft terminal thorn but it's too early - coffee levels too low...
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 01/09/2007, at 8:40 AM, Johann Thorsson wrote:
>
>>
>> These sounds are both still present in my native language and actually
>> represented by these letters. The difference is that ð can never
>> be the
>> first letter (sound) in a word, whereas þ can only be first.
>
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