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How do AWAD-ers around the world pronounce this word? I would pronounce it to rhyme with moth. I heard an Australian today pronounce it the same way, but he then immediately corrected himself to pronounce it to rhyme with math (yes, I know this is a USn abbreviation, but that pronunciation of wrath sounds American to me as well).
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wrath (Grapes of...) math path hath (what God wrought) lath (and plaster)
...all pronounced the same to me, and similar to cad, has, fat, lap and so on. (And occasionally even "almond," though that I consider to be the New York accent showing through. The rest of the time it's "al-" as in "palm.") (NYC born and raised, NE influence as adult))
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Wrath (to rhyme with math) is a noun; wroth (to rhyme with moth) is an adjective, meaning wrathful or angry.
Per AHD3
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This strine sez roth.
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When you bathe, do you call it a bawth?
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roth/moth for me too. And wwh, I say, 'baath'
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Dear maahey: Baa,baa, black sheep, Have you any wool? I'm glad you didn't get wroth.
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Walked into that one with her eyes closed, she did!
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wroth/moth for me too.
And wwh, I say, 'baath'
wroth/moth here - and you can say baath, just don't say ba'ath. Hi, Echeleon
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