From: Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...>
Andrew Chaney wrote:
> Around here (Louisiana) one would more often hear /d/ or /t/ for /th/.
> To me, the [f] makes more sense than /d/ or /t/ since /th/ is a fricative
and
> /d/ & /t/ are both stops.
But /t/ and /d/ have the same place of articulation as /T/ and /D/.
I've also heard [s] in foreign accents for /T/.
--SNIKT!--
Well in Japan young people tend to say "sankyuu" (Thank you) a lot...
There's even a convenience store chain called "sankusu" (Thanks) there.
I suppose an alveolar fricative is the closest they can get.
-Imperative