Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
General Topics => All things that have nothing to do with Turkey => Topic started by: Highlander on May 07, 2013, 12:31:54 PM
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Without googling how would you pronounce the "the" in the following examples
The boat
The mountain
The otter
The sea
The eagle
The beach
The stag
the islands
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Bit early in the day for the bottle H ;)
Having just shown Gordon your post he says he wouldn't.
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I would use thee (if you know what I mean) for any of them where the 2nd word starts with a vowel.
I would use the (short pronunciation) for the words beginning with a consonanat.
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Ditto Bewva
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Hang on a minute until I find some size 00 fishing hooks to stick through each of my eyeballs, you are really quite mad, you know 'H', but we love you really !! ;) 8)
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All "the" except last one which would be "thee".
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I am another in agreement with bewva
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As a Yorkshireman they all get the 'the' treatment from me.
Thee would be for those with too much time on their hands ;)
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And of course in Yorkshire "thee" means "you".
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This is spooky, I was just explaining to my little grandson only yesterday when he reading his homework book aloud that it's pronounced thee before a vowel and hard the for others.
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I never knew that. 53 and a half years old and I never knew!! Amazing
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I never knew that either.....
My lesson today was the difference between Hung and Hanged! Something else I new knew!!!!
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English must be the most contradictory language, I gave up on it over 50years ago; take i before e except after c, then write all the word you know that do not follow this rule.
The, vowel or consonant? thi apple, would you say thi apple on the tree, or the apple on the tree?
???
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Thee apple.
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Actually I do agree with the way they are said. It's just that us Yorkshire folk pronounce 'thee' as the and 'the' as thugh.
So thee apple is correct but if I said it you would almost think I said the as the difference is so subtle.
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Thee apple.
See the English language, and why I hate it. Apple begins with a vowel, but now Apple is a Noun and it is therefore 'The' Apple.
Adjective Nouns- lets throw a few more into the mix.
If you say "that is a green apple" Then it is a noun, because the green and the apple go together as a name. so now it is The and not thee,
Abstract nouns-
affection
annoyance (the annoyance, thee annoyance of others)
enjoyment (the enjoyment or thee enjoyment)
I give up, hated English and still do, rather be washing the/thee floor
H you started this!!! how you can go right off some people!!!!
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The definite article is pronounced 'thee' ONLY before a vowel, Green doesn't begin with a vowel.
So by using an adjective like 'green' apple it reverts back to 'the'. Similarly if using the indefinite article you would say 'an' apple but 'a' green apple.
However if the adjective begins with a vowel like 'unripe' it would then be pronounced 'thee' or 'an' unripe apple.
Yes I know. . . time for my tablets . . .
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The boat
The mountain
An otter
The sea
An eagle
The beach
A stag
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In Liverpool, the majority of people going shopping say...
I am going to The Asda,
I am going to the Aldi,
I am going to the Lidl.....
But they never say
I am going to The Sainsburys, or The Marks & Spencer, or The Tesco.
Is this just a Liverpool thing?
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well from my parents who hailed from Salford it would have just been 'I'm going down't.........' to any of them
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Why is it; on the bus, on the boat, on the train, on the bike , but, In the car ???? ???
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In Liverpool, the majority of people going shopping say...
I am going to The Asda,
I am going to the Aldi,
I am going to the Lidl.....
But they never say
I am going to The Sainsburys, or The Marks & Spencer, or The Tesco.
Is this just a Liverpool thing?
I thought it was 'I'm goin dee Asda, I'm goin dee Aldi And I'm goin d Lidl ;)
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Where I'm from, they pluralise nearly all supermarkets and large shops.
They go to Tescos, Marks & Spencers, Lidls and Smiths.
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It's not a Liverpool thing Bewva - some say it over here in Yorkshire too - no idea why >:(
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In Liverpool, the majority of people going shopping say...
I am going to The Asda,
I am going to the Aldi,
I am going to the Lidl.....
But they never say
I am going to The Sainsburys, or The Marks & Spencer, or The Tesco.
Is this just a Liverpool thing?
I thought it was 'I'm goin dee Asda, I'm goin dee Aldi And I'm goin d Lidl ;)
It depends on where in Liverpool you are from ;)
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Why is it; on the bus, on the boat, on the train, on the bike , but, In the car ???? ???
I think the question should be why it's on the bus instead of in the bus.
You're not sitting on it (unles you're in Africa).