Worthy effort!

[RoseSpring]

How do we pronouce the "th" part in worthy :

For example:

This place worthy effort.

Is it like "the" or "both?"

 

[Richard1]

Hi,

As in 'the'

Regards

 

[BobK]

Hi,

As in 'the'

Regards

Sometimes. ;-) When the words really are 'worthy effort' - in, for example, 'It was a worthy effort'.

But the words may be a mistranscription of 'worth the' - as in 'It was worth the effort'. This sort of transcription mistake is common in people who have learnt chiefly by speaking and listening, and for whom writing is a newly-acquired skill. In this case, the first 'th' is unvoiced and the second is voiced, and the two phonemes are distinct (although in practice there may be some - incomplete - assimilation).

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