The sounds IN-TH-MOR progressively close your mouth as you say them. AT-…-MO requires a stop as you convert from open mouth for T and pursed lips for M. AT-NIGHT flows well because mouth and tongue position for the sound for N is almost the same as for the T sound.
The sounds of “in th” can be said without moving any part of the mouth except the tongue, so I have no idea what you mean. Like, you can see them with your teeth touching and holding your lips completely still.
Your argument is completely post hoc to the extent that you’re forgetting whatever you were taught about phonology.
And you’ve skipped the vowel of “the” why, exactly? That’s a whole extra syllable in “in the” compared to “at”, which is definitely not easier. Your analysis is completely based on the difference between “the m”, “the n”, “at m” and “at n” but “at the” is grammatical so what about “at the morning”?
I just telling you why it’s easier, since you olaimed it’s not (with no argument or justification).
In regular speech the vowel in “the” is just rolled through as a transition into the M sound.
If you think the way you say it isn’t easier, then that’s cool, but you might want to consider the difference between fully enunciating each word and how people talk in regular speech.
The sounds IN-TH-MOR progressively close your mouth as you say them. AT-…-MO requires a stop as you convert from open mouth for T and pursed lips for M. AT-NIGHT flows well because mouth and tongue position for the sound for N is almost the same as for the T sound.
The sounds of “in th” can be said without moving any part of the mouth except the tongue, so I have no idea what you mean. Like, you can see them with your teeth touching and holding your lips completely still.
Your argument is completely post hoc to the extent that you’re forgetting whatever you were taught about phonology.
And you’ve skipped the vowel of “the” why, exactly? That’s a whole extra syllable in “in the” compared to “at”, which is definitely not easier. Your analysis is completely based on the difference between “the m”, “the n”, “at m” and “at n” but “at the” is grammatical so what about “at the morning”?
I just telling you why it’s easier, since you olaimed it’s not (with no argument or justification).
In regular speech the vowel in “the” is just rolled through as a transition into the M sound.
If you think the way you say it isn’t easier, then that’s cool, but you might want to consider the difference between fully enunciating each word and how people talk in regular speech.