Is it normal to pronouce th as d?

I don't know for how long but recently I keep pronouncing th as d (e.g. The becomes de, them becomes dem) IIN?

Is It Normal?
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  • Are you Jamaican?

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  • Ugh, my little brother does this an it annoys the hell out of me. It sounds awful.
    Just keep trying and you'll get it

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  • ummm...jersey here aaaanndd...I do dat. Not oways but preddy awfin.

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  • If you are Dutch/German speaker - completely normal.

    þ (Th) in "Thank" is retained in English where in Dutch/German we moved to a "D" as in "Dank" (Thank). English retrained the original "th" sound which is based on the old rune letter "þ"

    However it is seen in some English accents where "th" sounds the same as "tank" which sounds like a soft D with a T ending.

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  • i just took a power dump

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  • It's common in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

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  • Before I learnt english I did that when I said any word in english. I'm swedish. It was either d or t.

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  • Claro que sí, es normal :D

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  • Makes sense. If you're a Spanish speaker the "th" sound doesn't come as naturally as the "d" sound. I'd say it's pretty common among second-language English speakers whose first language is Spanish.

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  • Well I'm German and I really hate the "th"... I get along with it and it's not that bad but sometimes I mess it up =P

    I hate words like swordsmith because there you have both, normal "s" and "th" :(

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    • Still easier to pronounce than, say, Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften IMO.

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      • For me not... But I figured people with English as native language do have problems with the "sch" or "ch"

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  • Who the hell gives a SHIT!!!!

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    • If people didn't pick up on it in real life I wouldn't have said it.

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