Just the other day I was browsing Richard's thread about the two ways of saying 'often' - with or without the 't', in case you missed it - and I saw Starry Night's comment about the two pronunciations of 'with'. Well, that was a revelation! I never knew that there were two ways to pronounce 'with'....
After a short session with Professor Google, I was better informed. Apparently, the 'th' at the end of 'with' is pronounced with a voiced consonant - like at the end of 'breathe' - in England and in some parts of the US (especially the north and east). Meanwhile, in Scotland, Ireland, and other parts of the US (especially the west and south), it's apparently common to pronounce it with a voiceless consonant - like at the end of 'breath'.
Is that true, I wonder? And what about other parts of the English-speaking world? Let's find out:
A couple of simple questions for all native speakers:
1. How do you pronounce the 'th' at the end of 'with'?
a. as in 'breath' /θ/
b. as in 'breathe' /ð/
2. If you answered 'a' above, do you pronounce it differently if there's a vowel after it? For example, is there a difference between the 'th' sound in the way you say 'with Bob' and 'with Anne'? How about 'without'?
3. Where are you from? ( country and region)
Looking forward to hearing from representatives of as many different regional accents as possible.
Yes, that was the part where I 'mispoke', Starry Night. I had in my mind "not dissimilar to" and "not too different from", and I messed up and combined them.
Double bonus points for you, as it was your comment which was the inspiration for all this discussion.
