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Old 23-Sep-2003, 04:32
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I say number 3 is standard, but I chose number 7 (all of the above, except for 6).

1: with = wif

Speakers of this particular pronunciation (e.g. Ebonics?) replace the voiceless inter-dental (tongue between the teeth) /th/ with a voiceless labio-dental (lip between the teeth) fricative /f/.

2: with = "th" like in thin as well as "th" as in the
Speakers of this particular pronunciation include North Americans and Europeans, including the me. Voiced /th/ and voiceless /th/ are in free variation. Speakers use both, even I use both.

3: with = th = s (but this i think is definitely wrong)

Speakers who pronounce /th/ as [s] do so because this voiceless alveolar fricative ([s]) is the closest sound to /th/ in their native sound system.

5: with = th = d

Speakers of the pronounciation include the populace of Da Bronx! as has been already noted. The voiced inter-dental (tongue between teeth) /th/ is replaced by the voiced dental (tongue inside oral cavity) [d].

6: = none of these

7: = all of the above, except 6. 8)
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