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Words with a soft "th" sound include "think" and "thank." Words with a hard "th" sound include "this" and "that."
The word "throne" has a hard "th" sound, as in the word "think."
The word "mother" typically has a soft "th" sound as in the word "this." The "th" sound is not pronounced as a hard "dh" sound in this word.
Soft: mother, gather, smooth, breathe, leather. Hard: this, that, three, they, there.
Examples of words with both hard and soft "c" sounds are "circus" (hard c) and "cell" (soft c). Other examples include "ice" (hard c) and "cycle" (soft c).
Yes, it can be challenging to distinguish between words with a hard "a" sound and words with a soft "a" sound due to their subtle differences in pronunciation.