• Lvxferre@mander.xyz
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    1 month ago

    It’s both things, and subjected to wide variation:

    - Stressed Unstressed
    Prevocalic /ði:/ /ði/, /ðɪ/, /ð/
    Preconsonantal /ði:/, /ðʌ/ /ðə/

    Source for those pronunciations, Wiktionary.

    To complicate it further some varieties merge /ʌ/ and /ə/, or /ɪ/ and /ə/. And I’m not even taking into account varieties using a different consonant, /t θ d f v/.

    • Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de
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      Ohh nice, that table helps. I felt like something was off about people sometimes using more /ði:/ than what I was taught!