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I went to the Getty Center for this video post. I think this museum is thoroughly enjoyable and those of you who come through LA should bathe, put on clean clothes and go. Though you should leave your gothic, moth-eaten clothes along with the Christmas wreaths in your filthy closet.

Does this seem like a strange post? Reread the above paragraph to practice the ‘TH’ sound. Make sure your tongue is between your teeth when you say ‘th’.

thoroughly = completely
enjoyable = easy to enjoy, fun
to bathe = to take a bath
gothic = black clothing, style
moth-eaten = eaten by moths
filthy = dirty

The transcript for the video post is at the bottom. Thanks for watching.

Transcript for RealESL.com video post 8:

Hi. This is Kim Purcell at RealESL.com. And today we’re going to practice pronouncing ‘th’ – TH – ‘th’. You’ve got to put your tongue between your teeth – ‘th’.

Okay now the big problem is when it’s at the end of the sentence.

Usually people make it a ‘t’ or a ‘d’ sound.

They don’t get their tongue between their teeth if it’s at the end of the word.

So let’s try that:
Math
Moth
Sleuth
Month

Okay? You got that? (You got that – Do you understand that?) Try that. ‘Th’

All right, now try it with an ‘s’. That requires your TH – ‘th’ and your tongue slides back for ‘ssss’. That’s even harder because a lot of people miss the ‘TH’ or they miss the ‘S’. If you’re going to miss one of those sounds, it’s okay, drop the ‘TH’, but don’t drop the ‘S’.

For example, months, some people say ‘mons’ – that’s okay, but don’t say ‘month’ when you mean ‘months’. Okay?

Let’s try it with a few more words:
Sleuths
Moths

And that’s it.