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Say "what" with [m]; it gives the impression of a "breathy" w. The pair [f , v] is familiar. These sounds are some- times called " lip-teeth " or " labio-dental " ; a glance at the mirror while you utter one of them will show you the reason. When [v] stands at the end of a group of words, before a pause, we incUne to let our vocal chords stop vibrating before we separate the lower Up from the upper teeth; in other words, the [v] is first voiced and then voiceless. Say "when you arrive" and comp...are the nature of the last sound with the [v] in "arriving." 32 Digitized by VjOOQ IC CONTINUANTS 33 As has been said above, the combination th may stand for either of two sounds, the voiceless [6] in ''thing, think, thistle" or the voiced [«] in "this, that, them." Which of these have we in "breath, breathe, through, though, rhythm, rhythmical, loathsome " ? Young children often substitute [f, v] for [6, C]; and this is also found in dialects. It is easy to teach the th sounds: "put the tip of your tongue between your teeth and blow" is the simple rule.
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