Two Pronunciation of "there"

[grip at netcom.com]

On 7 Feb 1997, BRIAN ANTONAK wrote:

> 
> 
> > > BTW, read the the first five words of the last sentence out loud. Did
> you
> > > pronounce the first "there" differently from the second "there"?
> 
> 
> 
> I say them kinda like "thur" and "thair"

Exactly the way I do, too. Never noticed it before. What do the "Hooked 
on Phonics" foax do with these sorts of things?

grip