![]() ![]() Since the 'th' sound is rare in all the languages of the world, and English is one of the few with that sound, the rule of thumb for you would be, if reading English, if you see a 'th' spelling, if it looks non-English, it's probably pronounced like 't', but if it looks native English, it's probably the lisping sound. For your two examples, they are both borrowings from foreign languages and spellings are decided on arbitrarily, sometimes based on the original spelling (as in the case of German) or by accepted correspondence between the writing of the original language and English (or sometimes someone just makes it up and it sticks). So you have to learn the exceptions as they come along. The end result is that thyme is pronounced exactly how you would say the word time. The h in thyme is silent and i is pronounced with a long i, which means like the word eye. In general, in English, 'th' is almost always pronounced as a single sound, the lisping tongue-between-the-teeth hiss. The correct pronunciation of thyme is exactly like the word time. vulgaris) of shrubby plants or aromatic herbs of the mint family, with white, pink, or red flowers and with fragrant leaves 2. Usually they turn out to borrowings from French, like 'honest'īut your examples seem to be about 'th'. I wonder how this would be pronounced in latin M mimiluau Senior Member USA English-UK 13 I love thyme but I've always said it with the 'th', so I guess I've been pronouncing it the wrong or the unusual way. However, the name thyme comes from the latin genus name Thymus. So you have to learn the exceptions as they come along. In NZ, thyme is always pronounced the same as time. The root of thyme means 'rise in a cloud,' a possible reference to its strong scent. That seems to answer the superficial reading of your question. In general, there is no rule in English to tell you when to pronounce the 'h', but it is rarely silent. Pronunciation Dictionary - How to say thyme in English Learn spoken pronunciation of thyme in multiple accent in pronunciation dictionary, translation.
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