How To Pronounce Tuesday And Thursday In American English
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Hi! It's Hadar, and this is the Accent's Way.
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Your way to finding clarity, confidence and freedom in English.
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I got a question from Erica on how to pronounce the difference between
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'Tuesday' and 'Thursday'.
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'Tuesday' and 'Thursday'.
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So although I agree both words look the
same on the page, they sound quite differently.
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So let's understand the difference between those two words.
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Let's begin with the word 'Tuesday'.
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'Tues-day'
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It begins with T sound and then an U
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Tuw
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Tuw
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Just like the word 'two'.
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Two-sday
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Two-sday
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You can also say 'Tuesday'. That's totally fine.
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Tuw-sday or T(y)uw-sday
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You hear the difference? There is a little
'y' sound in the second one.
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And then we have 'Thursday'.
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Notice, the first word begins
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with 'tuw', and here we begin with the 'th',
so you stick the tongue out for the 'th'.
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You allow air to pass between the tongue
and teeth, and then you shift directly to
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the R: 'th'r', 'th'r'. And although there is a
U letter, that 'u' letter there in the
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middle, we disregard it, we shift
directly from the 'th' to the 'r': 'th'r' 'th'r'.
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Tuesday - Thursday. Obviously both
words end the same, so the difference is
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in the beginning: 'tuw-zday' - th'r-zday'.
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"Am I going to see you on Tuesday?
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No, I'm coming on Thursday". Thursday.
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And another question I often get is how to
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remember which one's which, alright. So my recommendation is that
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since the word Tuesday is a little
easier to pronounce, right - Tuesday - then
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it's earlier in the week, right. It's just,
you know, you're pretty much relaxed from
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the weekend, the week is still ahead of
you. Tuesday.
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And then later on in the
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week you're already tired and it's a
heavier pronunciation, you have the TH
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there and the R, you have to practice
this word a little more. Thursday.
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Alright? Earlier in the week, lighter -
Tuesday. Later in the week,
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heavier - Thursday. Now, I know it's silly.
If it doesn't work for you then forget
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about it. But, you know, it helps
me and my students. So, there you go.
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