Hello everyone, I'm trying to teach my upper-level students the /θ/ and /ð/ sounds. One good way is obviously with minimal pairs, but as many of us know, there just aren't that many for this particularly difficult pair. Do you know of any good ones, or really even more obsure ones (for personal use)?
These are the ones I know of:
ether - either (pronounced /ˈiːðɚ/)
thigh - thy
teeth - teethe
birth - *birth(e)
wreath - wreathe
mouth /maʊ̯θ/ - mouth /maʊ̯ð/
*(not all dictionaries have this distinction, but I've always made it.)