Re:Nobody Pronounces the 'B' in 'Debt'
by rossitter on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @11:40AM
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> An-th-ony (with TH from "the")
Out of curiosity, is it definitely the voiced TH from "the," rather than the unvoiced TH from "thing?"
In the US the spelling pronunciation of Anthony is by far the more common (at least in my experience), but I've never heard it with a voiced TH.
I think they must have meant the unvoiced "th" from "thing" not the voiced "th from "the". I've only ever heard "Anþony". I can't imagine any native English speaker saying "Anðony" unless they're drunk or otherwise slurring their speech significantly.
The way I hear them here in the North (of England), from most common folks, is Of-Ten, An-th-ony (with TH from "the"), and Tor-Toy-s. The T in "often" can be very short but it's definitely there.