today we've got five British accents and
I'm going to show you how each one
pronounces th differently this is gonna
be really interesting guys so let's get
going
then before we get going guys I want to
remind you that I have a guidebook to
British English coming out really soon
it's gonna be featured pronunciation
folk a very useful phrases slang phrases
all that good stuff I can't wait for you
guys to see it it's going to be out
really soon there will be a link in the
description below let's start with
received pronunciation or RP as is also
known now there are two different ways
that th is pronounced first of all we
have the is a voiced sound okay so if we
take the word these these we have a
voiced sound so there's a vibration in
our throats now how do we make this
sound well we put the tongue against the
teeth and we blow air out so if you put
your hand to your throat you can feel
that vibration these those that brother
father either etc etc right now the
other sound is think think now this is
an unvoiced sound so there is no
vibration in your throat the air is
blowing out think now my tongue is
touching my top teeth that is and
pulling back think three thank you
birthday healthy bath okay so you can
hear those two different sounds and okay
now that's received pronunciation but
when the th exists in other accents
there's a variation okay so let's start
with cockney now I'm cottony we have
something called th fronting and this is
where the sounds change so instead of
think that sound the third there's a fir
sound so we're using the lower lip
for against the top teeth but to make
that sound so think
free Thank You boss
healthy okay so you can hear that sound
now with the other th sound that the
sound it's now sometimes a V sound so
instead of brother is brother instead of
mother is mother instead of either is
Eva Eva the could be proud but so
example sentence I've got three brothers
I've got three brothers I've got three
brothers so free sounds like free with
an F free and free so the context will
help you to understand what word is
being said there okay let's look at
multicultural London English which is
the accent of the young people in London
specifically if you come to London
you'll hear it every way it's very very
commonly heard accent in London now just
like in cockney there is also th
fronting in multicultural and in English
but there's a slight variation now there
can be the sound instead of the so these
yeah or that but there's also a
possibility that could be a D sound as
well so DS and dad and O's and brother
things like that so what that might
sound like was that mate was that yeah
was that so said of that is that now
with the other sound earther in cockney
it was prized with a fur with a hitch
for anything
likewise in Emily it can also be fur but
it can also be a tea as well so in some
examples anyway so for example thing can
be ting ting okay thanks could be tanks
thanks now it's probably more common
Emily to use the first sound but on some
words tea is used so result when Emily
you might have hey what's that ting yeah
what's that thing
okay let's develop this further let's
look at a Scouse accent our Scouse
accent it's a course from liverpool and
again th fronting exists now just as in
Emily you've also got the D sound coming
in on the so said of this is this
instead of that is that so what's that
what's that what are those doing there
so what are those doing there right D D
D now that's just a pattern of
pronounciation it's not always the case
some people may still pronounce it with
a third sound but it's frequently found
in a scout accent that you have a sound
and in Mancunian
again you have th fronting so just like
in cockney you would have the sound
instead of that and you have the fir
sound instead of the like thanks a lot
would be thanks a lot thanks a lot as
you can see with each accent the th can
be pronounced very very differently now
it's great for you to be aware of this
change because if you're in Liverpool
Manchester or in London you're gonna
hear people pronounce these words very
differently right now should you use
these sounds well it's up to you it's
your choice I would suggest that you
prioritize understanding it I think
that's much more important than
production if you are more comfortable
with the received pronunciation that
you've been taught because most likely
that is what you've been taught at
school or by an English teacher then
stick with that okay but it's really
great for you to know the difference so
that when you're watching a British TV
series or that you go to one of these
cities you can understand what people
are saying now you can find all this
information in my brand new book it's a
guide to British English and we look at
the pronunciation of all five accents we
also look at lots of slang phrases
vocabulary and cultural tips that I have
for you when it comes out the link will
be below this video I can't wait for you
guys to read it it's gonna be fantastic
alright guys thank you so much for
watching this is Tom
the chief dreamer saying goodbye