Pronounciation of Hearth (who has been saying it wrong?)

[Raffeh]

Actually, yeah, my th turns into d if it's at the beginning of a word.

you say Thor as Door? well that name certainly has the same ring to it

[Jackard]

the pronunciation comes natural it's similar to Hearty

[Tonkyhonk]

my english teacher back in junior high (which is a long time ago) made us write down "disu/ディス" in our writing next to "this" to learn how to pronounce it, other kids were taught by another teacher as "zisu/ズィス", there was even another teaching as "jisu／ジス". i often see some ppl still do these when teaching foreign songs for fun as we do not have a way to write down some consonants and vowels that dont exist in our language. but i havent seen a japanese saying f/v for th in my whole life yet. (i actually thought "fing" was just an american slang for thing...)

anyways, i find mother tongue interference very fascinating and love talking/hearing stories about it.

[Jackard]

Just look at this normal everyday American commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V3mXs0FEaI

[Jackard]

(i actually thought "fing" was just an american slang for thing...)

it can be, depending on accents or laziness! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... fid=822852

[LadyV]

Just look at this normal everyday American commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V3mXs0FEaI

LOL Jackard that's not a commercial.

[Raffeh]

Just look at this normal everyday American commercial.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9V3mXs0FEaI

First of all: hahaha to this. & how the hell do you find this stuff?? LOL

and Second: I understand that other countries have different letters i just don't understand how TH could be mistaken as a D. Very strange!

[Flame]

I've the reversed problem. I don't get what's the difference between hearth pronunciation and heart XD

[Jackard]

I've the reversed problem. I don't get what's the difference between hearth pronunciation and heart XD

can't add a "y" on the end of "hearth"

[Tonkyhonk]

and Second: I understand that other countries have different letters i just don't understand how TH could be mistaken as a D. Very strange!

quite simply because either the point of articulation or the manner of articulation is close to that of th. it is actually a very superb human ability to remove noise or accept the similars while hearing. without this ability, you cant even understand what others are saying to you because everyone does have different pronunciations, just a matter of more or less.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwBLi_VnXjM
this guy may have gotten his tongue too long, but uses [th] for all the [s/z]. ppl ignore this kind all the time.

oh and i thought americans love saying "da" for "the" and "dat" for "that" anyways? like many rap songs?

thanks, jackard!