Wasn't it you who used to address me as "The" when I used my old 'MtheGM' forum-name, Steve; and I would call you "Ven" in reply.

When 'the' is pronounced with a long ē before a vowel, have you all noticed that a sort of bridging 'y' sound comes in?: "the only way" tends to come out as sounding like "thee·y·only way". So "You know that was thuh last thing on my mind'" sings Mr Paxton; but "Thee·y·only way is Essex" is the name of the tv 'reality'-soap.

That's how it sounds to the·y·ear IMO, anyhow!

And sometimes a 'w' comes in instead; when I asked above "have you all...", if read aloud it would come out as "have you wall...", innit!

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