ampurdan
Senior Member
Català & español (Spain)
According to dictionaries and traditional English teachers, it should be /kləʊðz/ (BrE) or /kloʊðz/ (AE), but I'm told most people say /kləʊz/ or /kloʊz/ in everyday speech. So, "clothes" and "close" (as in "Close the door, please!) sound exactly alike. So, how do you pronounce "clothes" normally?