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The use of th to represent the theta sound is by no means an English monopoly.
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- noun Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing.
- noun Transmitted vibrations of any frequency.
- noun The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.
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The use of th to represent the theta sound is by no means an English monopoly.
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 4 -
When this sound is heard in the discourse of a person who otherwise speaks like someone from the northern Midwest, the speaker is usually Canadian.
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol II No 4 - Sweat started from his skin, for the sound was a muffled squeaking, pattering, and rustling. — Conan Of The Isles
- At first he thought it must be the wind or a sound in his own feverish head, but he became more and more convinced that the sound was the sound of motors ... and that it was coming from behind the door. — The Drawing of the Three
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This particular h-sound is almost unique with the who family and its offshoots (whose, whoever, whosever, whomever, whosoever, whomsoever, etc.), except for a few words which were misspelled with wh - by false analogy with the who family, as OE hal and hore, which became, respectively, whole and whore.
— VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol X No 3
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- Middle English soun, from Old French son, from Latin sonus; see swen- in Indo-European roots.
- Middle English, from Old English gesund.
- Middle English, from Old English sund, swimming, sea.