English Pronunciation 👄 Voiceless Consonant - /θ/ - 'thin’, ‘throw’ & 'thumb’

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This is a voiceless consonant - it's pronounced  /θ/. Now did you notice that I make the sound  
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by sticking my tongue up just a little bit and  blowing air between my tongue and my top teeth?  
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Now you try - watch and listen. Again. You can  hear the sound at the beginning of the words:  
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thin, throw, and thumb - in the  middle of the words offer and healthy,  
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and at the end of the words birth and path.  Now you try - listen and repeat after me:  
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thin - throw - thumb - offer -  healthy - birth - path. Good.
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