Dear Brenda and Tamara et al,
To me the criteria is whether I'd say:
"the hotel" or "thee otel";
"the historical ...." or "thee istostrical ...."
"teh Hispanic ...." or "thee ispanic ...."
In each of these cases I'd pronounce the as thee - to say "the" I'd have
to stress the first syllable instead of the second.
That one's easy, for there is a rule to follow here. While the word "the"
is always spelled the same way, when used before a vowel sound it should be
pronounced "thee". Conversely, before a consonant, it is pronounced "thu"
David in Ballarat
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