Does anyone know why this trend exists? In British English, is this considered formally proper? Why doesn't it exist for General American speakers? In the U.S., I've primarily heard that pronounciation among those with AAVE accents (or whatever that accent would be called).
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- Joel Stringfellow (
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Joel Stringfellow
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British accents pronouncing 'th' sounds at the ends of words as 'f.'
Does anyone know why this trend exists? In British English, is this considered formally proper? Why doesn't it exist for General American speakers? In the U.S., I've primarily heard that pronounciation among those with AAVE accents (or whatever that accent would be called).
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