When TH is not the TH you expect

/kloʊðz/noun

What you wear.

All my clothes are still in the case.

/kloʊðz/noun

What you wear.

One syllable. Most speakers say it as CLOZE, with the TH gone.

/ˈbrʌðər/noun

A boy or man with the same parents as you.

My brother is arriving on the late train.

/ˈbrʌðər/noun

A boy or man with the same parents as you.

The soft TH, with the voice on. Same spelling as think, different sound.

/ˈweðər/noun

What the sky and the air are doing.

The weather changed completely after lunch.

/ˈweðər/noun

What the sky and the air are doing.

Soft TH in the middle.

/ˈhelθi/adjective

In good physical condition.

Is there anything healthy on the menu?

/ˈhelθi/adjective

In good physical condition.

Hard TH, and the L before it is easy to lose.

/θɪŋk/verb

To use your mind to form an opinion.

I think the shop is closed already.

/θɪŋk/verb

To use your mind to form an opinion.

The hard TH, with no voice in it. The tongue touches the teeth.

/θʌm/noun

The short thick finger on the side of the hand.

I hurt my thumb closing the door.

/θʌm/noun

The short thick finger on the side of the hand.

Hard TH at the start and a silent B at the end.

/ˈsʌðərn/adjective

Belonging to the south.

We are heading for the southern coast.

/ˈsʌðərn/adjective

Belonging to the south.

Soft TH, and the vowel is short, unlike in south.

/ˈbɜːrθˌdeɪ/noun

The day of the year you were born on.

My birthday falls on a weekend this year.

/ˈbɜːrθˌdeɪ/noun

The day of the year you were born on.

Hard TH, and it sits between two consonants, which is the hard part.

/smuːð/adjective

Flat and even to the touch.

The road here is very smooth.

/smuːð/adjective

Flat and even to the touch.

Soft TH at the end, which is rare. Not the same as booth.

/θiːm/noun

The subject that runs through something.

The whole evening had a clear theme.

/θiːm/noun

The subject that runs through something.

Here the TH is a plain T: THEEM is wrong, TEEM is right.