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Pronunciation: The Voiced "th" Sound

Minimal Pairs

thee	Dee	Lee	bathe	bade	other	udder
then	den	zen	breathe	breed	father	fodder
that			teethe	tease
they	day	lay	writhe	ride
there	dare	lair	loathe	load
though	dough	low

Challenging Words

feather	the	rhythm	thereupon
zither	they	rhythmic	therewith
lather	theirs	therefore
rather	they've

In Phrases

rhythm, rhyme and harmony	under the weather	teething ring
That was then, this is now	one or the other	lather, rinse, repeat
either this one or that one	bathing beauties	a feather in her cap
father, mother, sister brother

Dialogue

A: Is your father coming to the gathering this Saturday?

B: No. Neither is my mother.

A: That's too bad. My brother was looking forward to seeing them.

B: Well, they're both a little under the weather.

A: Oh, sorry to hear that. Can I send something or other to cheer them up?

B: Please don't bother. They'll be fine.

Oral Reading

Even though my father is a weatherman, he can't predict with absolute certainty whether it will rain or not. Neither can the other people who work with him. They say there's only a thirty per cent chance of rain, and the next thing you know, it's pouring. They predict snow, and there's nothing for another five days. Then, there's a blizzard. So rather than trust my father's weather forecasts, I use a more reasonable approach. I ask my mother.