Oh those booths
Simon Beattie
Simon at SIMONBEATTIE.CO.UK
Tue Jan 31 14:45:18 UTC 2012
As an Englishman, I say [buːð], and [buːðz] in the plural. This is also the pronunciation given by the Oxford English Dictionary (online at least).
Simon
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From: SEELANGS: Slavic & East European Languages and Literatures list [mailto:SEELANGS at bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Paul B. Gallagher
Sent: 31 January 2012 14:10
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Subject: Re: [SEELANGS] Oh those booths
Goloviznin Konstantin wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> There is some doubt about pronunciation of the word booths.
> Dictionaries give two variants for singular of it. Those are [buːð]
> and [buːθ]. Сorrespondingly the plural for them should be [buːðz] and
> [buːθs]. But listening to it on the site www.howjsay.com gives
> [buːðs]. Am I right about my hearing and this time it's only some
> exception to the rule "after voiced - voiced, after unvoiced -
> unvoiced" or something else?
I hear [buːðs] on the website, as you do, but I find it unnatural; I
would have [buːθs], but have heard and would accept [buːðz].
As for the singular, I cannot imagine anyone saying [buːð] to rhyme with
"soothe" and "toothe." In all my travels, I don't think I've ever run
into a "boothe-sayer."
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Paul B. Gallagher
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"Russian Translations That Read Like Originals"
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