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Consider the th in thistle versus the th in this the former is unvoiced while the latter is voiced Is there a rule or reason for the differences Some words end with th while others end with ht For example Height weight thought drought sleight sight all end with ht Length width breadth depth wealth girth
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When writing twentieth century using an ordinal numeral should the th part be in superscript 20th century 20th century 2 th as suffix changes the verb or adjective to a noun no dispute there What does making it a noun add to the meaning It often seems to mean a state of eg Strength a state
Given that the two th sounds don t actually sound like a combination of t and h why was that particular combination selected or become adopted by the majority 44 The linguistic feature is known as th fronting where a dental fricative both th sounds becomes a labiodental fricative f v while the voicing remains the same
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Consider the th in thistle versus the th in this the former is unvoiced while the latter is voiced Is there a rule or reason for the differences

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Th - 2 th as suffix changes the verb or adjective to a noun no dispute there What does making it a noun add to the meaning It often seems to mean a state of eg Strength a state