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The letters "th" in the words Thames and Thomas are not pronounced like in thin, that, the etc. For what reason - and are there other examples ?

Uwe Junge, Niebuell, Germany

• I offer you the example of 'gh', given, for example 'through', 'enough', 'though'. George Bernard Shaw suggested that the (made up) word 'ghoti' could be pronounced as 'fish'.

  Jonathan, Lancaster, UK