Tips:

• Pronounce the letters “th” as a highly aspirated “t”—
  /t/—because the consonant precedes the stressed vowel
  /ɑ/.
• Stop-but-do-not-explode the letter “p”—/ /—and release the air on the following consonant
  /s/.
• Be sure to keep the lips closed on
  /m/ and open on the final
  /n/.