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Ok, play will be underway in a few short moments so without further ado I shall offer my keys to Geoff Lemon. See you all again tomorrow. 10.50am BST
Nick Cherkas, channelling Morrissey, naturally, while we’re in Manchester. “Technically the thorn does still exist in English, albeit in the phonetic alphabet (/ð/) . It’s the voiced sound represented by the letters “th” heard in “breathe”, “mother”, and “there”. English has an alphabet of 26 letters which are represented by over 40 sounds, which is one of the reasons why pronunciation is such a challenge. Who’ll be the thorn in whose side today?”