Benjamin in Seattle, Washington, says both with a brief L sound, like bolth, a pronunciation his partner noticed before he did. It’s not confined to Northern California, where he grew up, or to the Midwest connection she wondered about. In an online...
Mary in The Dalles, Oregon, wonders why some speakers pronounce this, that, them, there, and those as dis, dat, dem, dere, and dose. That voiced th sound is often realized as d in New York City, Philadelphia, around the Great Lakes (especially...
Some business owners give their establishments names like “Ye Olde Coffee Shoppe.” What most people don’t realize is that the letter Y in this case is a vestige of a letter we no longer use, and has a “th” sound. More...
