Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...yeah, why ?? why ???

I'll have an herbal tea, please. He's an honest man. Yes, there are others.

Don't know the origins of the father, mother, brother, sister words, but notice that in the first three "th" is pronounced as it is in the word "thing", where your tongue touches your top teeth. But in sister, it is just a hard "t" as in "top."

However, some of this girl's confusion might stem from the fact that many Thais don't pronounce these words correctly. The say:

brud - der

mud - der

fah - der

and

duh

instead of "the"

It's one of those things, just as falangs have trouble with some Thai vowels. How many falangs do you know who pronounce Kong Toei correctly?

Some, but not many, I bet.

Sorry, I meant Klong Toei or Toey.

not only do I rarely pronounce it correctly, I can't spell it either.

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslart.html

offers a good explanation of when 'an' is used with 'h' words and also when a is used with some words with a vowel at the beginning!!

it bugs me when thai people write 'bath' instead of 'baht' !!

And of course the most important question of all........

Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?

It scenes that menny amerakins hear kant spel vary gud in de youSA

Apparently,english is not my mother tongue language, but my random guess of why we use an article an with " hour" and " honest".....I would say cos we actually omit the sound of "h" in front of these 2, so when we pronounce them ,they become "our" and "o-nest" and this applies to the rule of using an article "an" in front of Vowel sound :-)

sit in the **** sis! ter

that's why!

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H-blocks was one of my favourite games when I was young... but gals where not good at it...

that's why!

Y=why

why?

because it is!

shis kebab

sorry... I am not making any sense Oiy! Forgive me... if I find a decent answer I will get back 2ur journal!

The same thing with "honor" or "herb".... I guess "H" is silenced, and the first sound is vowel, so "an" rather than "a". But then again, English is not my native language..................

ou est l'hotel?

I'll go test my lil cousins!!!! hee hee

Because they are pronounced differently.

In thai they all might sound the same for you - with µ (I think). It is a common mistake we make.

but properly you should pronounce the "th" sound for father, mother, and brother while for sister you pronounce the "t" sound.

oh and why ¾èà áÃè ¾ÕèªÒ ¾ÕèÊÒÇ spell so differently?

Because they are different words! same as in this case. You see.

So I guess it was just a coincidence for the english example you got. I looked from the online etymology, it didn't show that those words are from the same root of language. So I cannot find a better explanation.

I must confess that I cant pronounce "th" so these word pronounce the same to me...