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"heighth" Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:08:25 GMT No. 25609985 [Kohl] [Report thread]
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Every once in a while I hear someone say "heighth" instead of "height" especially if they are also saying "width" in the same sentence or an adjacent one. It sounds right for the words to both end with "th." I was surprised today to hear someone on YouTube with a mild German accent say "heighth" and he did it without ever saying "width." I wonder what led to him speaking so. Where did he learn English? He wouldn't have gotten that from school or TV.
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Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:11:23 GMT No. 25610016
It's funny when ESLs use the linking or intrusive R and do it incorrectly
Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:11:41 GMT No. 25610019 >>25610075 >>25613072
I do this exact mistake sometimes
Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:16:51 GMT No. 25610075 >>25610208
>>25610019 Why?
Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:24:40 GMT No. 25610153 >>25610172 >>25610186
Is it "hey-t" or "high-t"?
Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:26:07 GMT No. 25610172 >>25610199
>>25610153 hight-t does anyone say it otherwise?
Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:26:36 GMT No. 25610176 >>25610260 >>25610285
i have never heard anyone say heighth what kind of lisp is that
Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:28:15 GMT No. 25610186
>>25610153 it's prononunced i'. just the letter i with a glottal stop after. the h at the start is silent as are most of the letters t. norf
Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:30:09 GMT No. 25610199 >>25610205
>>25610172 I have heard both, but thanks for the answer.
Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:31:08 GMT No. 25610205
>>25610199 I guess some accent might have "height" as "hate" but I've never encountered it.
Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:31:22 GMT No. 25610208
>>25610075 I think it's a version of this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final-obstruent_devoicing in German, many Slavic languages they devoice the end sounds hence all those Leontieff and Smirnoff Russians, as while written Smirnov it's pronounced like 'f' irl
Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:38:42 GMT No. 25610260 (removed)
>>25610176 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/>heighth >noun ˈ>hī(t)th >chiefly dialectal variant of HEIGHT
Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:41:10 GMT No. 25610285 >>25610296
>>25610176 https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heighth >heighth >noun >'hī(t)th >chiefly dialectal variant of HEIGHT
Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:42:20 GMT No. 25610296 >>25610355
>>25610285 Never heard that either. Sounds kinda like "heiß", German for "hot"
Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 18:48:49 GMT No. 25610355
>>25610296 There's usually a d/t sound before the "th", like "width" or "breadth." Well I guess you could omit it, it's non-standard anyway so everything is on the table. And going back to listen to the German guy in the YouTube video he omitted it.
Bernd Mon, 10 Mar 2025 23:27:47 GMT No. 25612779
I say highth, width and even breadth and depth. I never say hight except in German loan words, like fahrenheit or gesundheit.
Bernd Tue, 11 Mar 2025 00:16:24 GMT No. 25613072
>>25610019 Do you also spell 'standard' as 'standart'? I heard that is common mistake among germans.
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