When did Think become Fink.

[WokenUpEarly]

Genuine question, taking out any speech issues, when did Think become Fink?
Throw become Frow?
Etc

I have never been able to say th and have always said f instead. I hate it and other people obviously notice it too. In the grand scheme of things its not too bad.

I think it’s regional. None of it here.

It hasn’t in my house. Or the majority of people I speak to.

Not sure what region you are referring to. Fucking ignorance is pretty universal

It didn't where I live. It's a regional thing.

@Beaverdam100 Genuine question but, how do you say ‘the?’ or ‘that’, if it’s a speech impediment have tried a Speech and Language therapy (not sure if this service is available for adults on the NHS).

It hasn’t here. Genuinely have never heard anyone say it except toddlers who haven’t quite figured out their f’s and th’s yet. Where do you live?

More likely in older people round here, as our already pretty neutral regional accent has been diluted over the years

It's quite common to use 'f' in place of 'th' in south London

Some London and SE accents it’s always been the case

I think the east London and Kent accents have changed very little over hundreds of years (can’t remember where I read this but someone more knowledgeable will come along to tell us why)

@SoUtterlyGroundDown

It hasn’t here. Genuinely have never heard anyone say it except toddlers who haven’t quite figured out their f’s and th’s yet. Where do you live?

I live in Stirling, and obviously never said it myself but so many people now using "f". I'm a manager in a call centre and I point it out all the time. For example "you're frough to Susan, flanks for calling " When I ask them they can actually pronounce th but for some reason they don't 😳

Forever. We are cockneys.

It's regional. Most people here say think.

Absolutely regional. Not where I am.

It's not regional. 3 DC raised together and two say "think" and 1 says "fink".

Towie

It’s been a common feature of some English regions for hundreds of years, in speech therapy we call it th-fronting. First written about in 1790 or something when talking about low-born Londoners.

So ages ago!

Laziness

@Beaverdam100 have you ever had to say thesis? 😆

Sounds the same to me so I don’t care.

It's Estuary English.

I say fink, fought, free sometimes.

@BubblyBarbara

Sounds the same to me so I don’t care.

So how do you write it down?

When I ask them they can actually pronounce th but for some reason they don't

I can pronounce it. It’s like putting on an accent but naturally I swing to F over TH.

Has no one here ever watched My Fair Lady?!

@RedDiamond it absolutely can be regional (cockney, Yorkshire English for example). Or cultural (African-American vernacular) or sometimes it’s a mouth positioning thing that can be rectified with SaLT.

@IamPickleRick

When I ask them they can actually pronounce th but for some reason they don't

I can pronounce it. It’s like putting on an accent but naturally I swing to F over TH.

Has no one here ever watched My Fair Lady?!

Yes , and I love it, I just wondered 😊