Is it normal to pronouce th as d?

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

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  • anti-hero
    10 years ago

    Are you Jamaican?

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    • Sol
      10 years ago

      Nope

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  • KatieLiz
    10 years ago

    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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  • dirtybirdy
    10 years ago

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

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  • dinz
    10 years ago

    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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    • Sol
      10 years ago

      I'm Spanish actually :)

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  • robbieforgotpw
    10 years ago

    i just took a power dump

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  • Goomats
    10 years ago

    It's common in Wisconsin and Minnesota.

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  • imadragon
    10 years ago

    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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  • Shrunk
    10 years ago

    Claro que sí, es normal :D

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  • StarTeddy
    10 years ago

    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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  • DolphinAngel
    10 years ago

    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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    • GoraIntoDesiGals
      10 years ago

      Still easier to pronounce than, say, Rechtsschutzversicherungsgesellschaften IMO.

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      • DolphinAngel
        10 years ago

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

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  • [email protected]
    10 years ago

    Who the hell gives a SHIT!!!!

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    • Sol
      10 years ago

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

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