In some dialects
of American English, \th\ is regularly replaced by \f\.
http://assets2.merriam-webster.com/mw/s ... iation.pdf
which dialects? i thought this was more of a british english thing.
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In some dialects
of American English, \th\ is regularly replaced by \f\.
Woods wrote:British /θ/ sounds like /v/ to me sometimes.
Babbsagg wrote:Woods wrote:British /θ/ sounds like /v/ to me sometimes.
Are you sure you mean /θ/ and not /ð/? For example, in Cockney "think" (/θ/) becomes "fink", and "mother" (/ð/) becomes "mover". Afaik. Can't think of any case where /θ/ would become /v/.
Babbsagg wrote:I think the /θ/ becoming /f/ is mainly a Cockney thing, where they hardly seem to use any th-sound at all.
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