@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 11 months agoI pronounce there and their differentlymessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up171file-text
arrow-up161message-squareI pronounce there and their differently@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 11 months agomessage-square34fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoWould that be true if I’m just saying the word in my head though? I think there’s a case for that since I’m probably thinking of the word in the context of a sentence (any sentence) when I say it in my head.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•11 months agoWhat about “there’s” vs “theirs”? Those would tend to have the opposite stress pattern.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish1•11 months agoI think I still stress there’s because it’s got that missing i. I go lighter on the theirs.
Would that be true if I’m just saying the word in my head though? I think there’s a case for that since I’m probably thinking of the word in the context of a sentence (any sentence) when I say it in my head.
What about “there’s” vs “theirs”? Those would tend to have the opposite stress pattern.
I think I still stress there’s because it’s got that missing i. I go lighter on the theirs.