"/ðə/ vs. /ði/"

[Odessa Dawn]

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Obama: "voting is the best revenge."

While I was listening to President Obama, he pronounced the in this way /ðə/.

Romney: "In his closing argument president Obama asked his supporters to vote for revenge, for revenge. I ask the American people to vote for love of country."

However, Romney pronounced the in this way /ði/.

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I need a website in which I will study these sounds on my own. Thanks in advance.

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[5jj]

You don't really need a website. In most varieties of English, /ðə/ is used before consonant sounds and /ði:/ before vowel sounds. /ði:/ is used before vowels if the word 'the' is stressed.