Lee Wrote:
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> Hi Prema (and group),
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> I'm interested in the substitution of "f" for
> "th." Could you give me a couple of words as
> examples?

northridge road - norfridge road
thing - fing
(there are many..).
I have to say it is not a general prononciation rule (if I have been misleading that way, I want to correct it), it is just that some people who do not get "th" very well, say like that...


>Also, has anyone else noticed a
> tendency to substitute "f" for a "p" in certain
> words? The only one I can think of at the moment
> in "efisode" for "episode," but I believe the
> phenomenon is more widespread, at least here in
> the US.

I think in most cases where p occurs with h it is pronounced as f..
photo - foto
physics/physical - fysics, fysical.. etc..

>One also hears here a fair amount of
> hypercorrectness (e.g., full articulation of the
> silent “t” in “often”), but this extends beyond
> pronunciation into matters of standard English
> usage and grammar. Here I cite such horrors as
> “for she and I” or “the person whom was taking the
> trip.” Is this sort of grammatical distortion
> prevalent in British usage as well?


British grammer is pedantic.. no distortions,, as far as I know.

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