THE SPELLINGS OF RP /Ð/
The spellings of RP /ð/
this
/ðɪs/
other
/ˈʌðə/
smooth
/smu:ð/
then
/ðen/
teething
/ˈti:ðɪŋ/
clothe
/kləʊð/
rather
/ˈrɑ:ðə/
there
/ðeə/
I breathe rather fast when I’m bathing
/ˈaɪ bri:ð ˈrɑ:ðə fɑ:st wen aɪm ˈbeɪðɪŋ/
I’ll do this work here then, and that work there
/aɪl də ðɪs ˈwɜ:k hɪə ðen ənd ðət ˈwɜ:k ðeə/
It was the coldest day of the year
/ɪt wəz ðə ˈkəʊldɪst deɪ əv ðə jɜ:/
Don't bother to gather all the leaves and heather
/dəʊnt ˈbɒðə tə ˈɡæðər ɔ:l ðə li:vz ənd ˈheðə/̩
There those thousand thinkers were thinking how did the other three thieves go through
/ðeə ðəʊz ˈθaʊzn̩d ˈθɪŋkəz wə ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ˈhaʊ dɪd ði ˈʌðə θri: θi:vz ɡəʊ θru:/̩