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How to pronounce (clothes)? #1 (permalink) Wed Sep 16, 2009 21:33 pm   How to pronounce (clothes)?
 

Hi. I want to ask: - How to pronounce (clothes)?
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How to pronounce (clothes)? #2 (permalink) Thu Sep 17, 2009 4:12 am   How to pronounce (clothes)?
 

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Here is how I pronounce the word clothes: kləʊðz

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How to pronounce (clothes)? #3 (permalink) Thu Sep 17, 2009 8:00 am   How to pronounce (clothes)?
 

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Hi Wesam,

The big problem is this difficult 'th' sound in English and with this word distinguishing it from the verb 'close' (shut). One way is to try the two together and say: close the clothes cupboard.

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How to pronounce (clothes)? #4 (permalink) Sat Sep 19, 2009 11:12 am   How to pronounce (clothes)?
 

Hi Alan,
Thank you for your quick replay.
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How to pronounce (clothes)? #5 (permalink) Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:37 am   How to pronounce (clothes)?
 

the word clothes has been a problem and is still a problem for people to pronounce.others especially scholars of the lower level pronounce it like; clo-ves. others; cloz. what matters most in the pronounciation is the accent of that somebody.most of the time our local languages have a great impact on the abilities to pronounce words.am a (chewa) by native. these words are also a problem.note that the word "chewa" descibes an ethinic group found in malawi and the language associated with is called chicchewa.
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How to pronounce (clothes)? #6 (permalink) Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:42 am   How to pronounce (clothes)?
 

sorry,in my post above on how to pronounce clothes, i have made some spelling errors. these are 'describes' which have been written as 'desclbes', and chichewa which have been written as chicchewa.apologies for that.
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