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2026-04-15 17:13 UTC
@randulo @book Most words using "th" in French come from the Greek, e.g., théatre, thèse, sympathie, etc. The standard pronunciation for these words was set by Renaissance scholars who had no idea what ancient Greek actually sounded like, and assumed that Theta just sounded like T. French people learning English understand that the English TH is a foreign sound, not present in native French. They will try moving their tongue as the teacher explained, but it will often come out as Z. Or F. Or D.
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