Pronounciation of Hearth (who has been saying it wrong?)

[Tonkyhonk]

ive been pronouncing it "harth", as "heart", didnt think of "earth".
but... not like we(japanese) always distinguish harth from hurth easily they are both "haasu" in our sound system :p
hurt vs heart or heard vs hard is one of the common things we used to get questioned on english tests at school, meaning, lots of us cant tell the difference.

I knew the right pronounciation, but my th always turns out as t because th is not a sound in my language

reminded me of a movie scene, where a boy was trying to pronounce th and always ended up with t. its a slavic thing, correct?
[th] isnt that hard for us, but seems we get to hear it as instead and say nossing for nothing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whU1I7b4ORc

[ArvinJA]

I knew the right pronounciation, but my th always turns out as t because th is not a sound in my language

Sweidsh doesn't have the th sound either, so a lot of Swedes accidentally go with "f" instead, myself included if I have to make a quick change between Swedish and English. Pronounciation can be a bitch

[borka]

Not just a slavic thing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRf9ooQ7qq8
(same as Tonky posted but english subs - btw language spoken in video is german)

Arvin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-eu4roYEJw


Most famous english Band: Beos - imagine how long it took me to get it ... i love Cockney

I guess in ancient times there has been a th in "nordish" languages

[NOOBY93]

I've been pronouncing it heart for like 2 years then "realized" it's wrong and started pronouncing it hurt, until now. Back to heart it is.

[loftar]

I guess in ancient times there has been a th in "nordish" languages

Yes, it's a common Germanic thing originally, it's just that everyone but the English and the Icelandic have gotten rid of this barbaric custom. ^^

That said, while my own English is far from perfect, pronouncing th-sounds isn't a problem I've ever had. It's not like it's that much different from pronouncing an s.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRf9ooQ7qq8

lol

[LadyV]

I guess in ancient times there has been a th in "nordish" languages

Yes, it's a common Germanic thing originally, it's just that everyone but the English and the Icelandic have gotten rid of this barbaric custom. ^^

That said, while my own English is far from perfect, pronouncing th-sounds isn't a problem I've ever had. It's not like it's that much different from pronouncing an s.

I quite enjoy my barbaric language thank you.

[Raffeh]

Quite enjoy being English thank you !!

I have always pronounce it as Harth, but i can see why people would say Herth! Easy mistake especially if English is not your first language (I don't think american's can quite get used to it either, haha )

[Jackard]

Nowadays this is the only familiarity people have with the word

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdXl3QtutQI

[Tonkyhonk]

thought every american student hears of hearth cooking in a history class or sees it in historical/colonial museums or something. or is it just another thing that americans ignore and let the foreigners learn as a part of american heritage culture tour?

@borka
thats the same video as the one i linked... just not with subs and mine had japanese title on it
regarding slavic comment, i was thinking of th turning into t/d, not to s/z, but i just remembered irish ppl do that th to t/d too.

[Potjeh]

Actually, yeah, my th turns into d if it's at the beginning of a word.