PeleSpirit@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoI pronounce there and their differentlymessage-squaremessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up161arrow-down1message-squareI pronounce there and their differentlyPeleSpirit@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square39fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePeleSpirit@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoWould that be true if I’m just saying the word in my head though? I think there’s a case for that since I’m probably thinking of the word in the context of a sentence (any sentence) when I say it in my head.
minus-squareAbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoWhat about “there’s” vs “theirs”? Those would tend to have the opposite stress pattern.
minus-squarePeleSpirit@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoI think I still stress there’s because it’s got that missing i. I go lighter on the theirs.
Would that be true if I’m just saying the word in my head though? I think there’s a case for that since I’m probably thinking of the word in the context of a sentence (any sentence) when I say it in my head.
What about “there’s” vs “theirs”? Those would tend to have the opposite stress pattern.
I think I still stress there’s because it’s got that missing i. I go lighter on the theirs.