As simple as the idiom indicated here is supposed to be, it is usually mishandled in some three ways. Interestingly, because its meaning (i.e., in good times and bad times) echoes the uncertainty of life, it is a common saying. But there is the need to master its wording.
The Vice President remained with his boss through thick and thin. The third common error with the idiom is a carryover from the hall of the inadequacies that colour the spoken English of many users. In several instances, people don’t differentiate between the pronunciation of T and TH. As a result, whether or not they get right the spelling of ‘thick’, they still fail in the way they articulate it. They pronounce both words the same way, with ‘thick’ being the victim.
In this class, we have done a lot on the theta sound – as we have in three, throw, think, thought, earth, health, wealth, wrath, breath, moth, kith, thank, thrive etc. While pronouncing them, the ‘th’ letters should not be pronounced as T. They are not Tree, Trow, Tink, Tought earT etc. Rather they should sound as THree, THrow, THink, THought and earTH. That is why ‘thick’ should not be pronounced as Tick but THick.
To pronounce the TH sound – as we have in the listed words, which is different from what we have in the, that, this and those – the tip of the tongue tries to cruise past the upper and the lower lips, with a soft friction that produces the musical consonant. This is unlike what you have when T is being articulated, where the tip of the tongue contacts the upper teeth. Practise the pronunciations of T and TH with the aid of online videos.All rights reserved.
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