What happened to 'th' ?

Unfortunately the English language lends itself to sloppiness but this is not always the case. The Scots, for instance, seem to find it easier to articulate.

I taught in a secondary school and used to 'indirectly' correct poor speech. ”Miss, I'm going to a pa-y.” ”Lovely”, I would answer, ”whose parTy is it?” It never had an effect!

Also, it is apparently very rude to point out spelling/grammar mistakes. I guess it follows then that it is equally rude to correct sloppy speech.

the th and f for me - firty free and a fird. A local one is yeller instead of yellow, drives me bonkers.

Especially when spoken in a " Deep South/Jamaican twang when born and bred in this country.
Then again some songs wouldn't sound the same in cut-glass English, particularly the " rap " kind----hahahahaha.

When my younger son was small he always used to say "fankyou". Every time I would say "th, th, thankyou", really emphasising the "th". He would say back "th, th, fankyou". It took a very long time but he finally got it! :-)

I get wound up when TV presents say 'sickth' instead of 'sixth'.

It's sheer laziness not to speak properly and so uncool among the slobs. How would they all sound if they spoke " properly " within their gangs ??

I hate to hear people talking about their latest ta -oo!

My assistant at work had a baby boy, and gave him the name Martin. She always referred to him as Ma'in. I got so annoyed I asked her to write his name down. When she did I pointed out that his name had a T in it. Afterwards she pointedly called him MarTin.

One that really gets me is 'communi'y'

I have a daughter who had a speech impediment when she was young. She couldn't pronounce S. Sh and F sounds. Before she started school, aged 5, I took her to a speech therapist. One session and practice over 1 weekend, problem solved. It's just laziness on the part of some people, pronouncing words badly.

I hate it when the letter T is missed out. My eldest daughter is called Natalie. She always gets called Nat but if anyone says her full name they say Na-a-lee. It drives me CRAZY! I turn into my mother & say her name is Na-TA-lee, there is a T in the middle! Also the word water, turns into waer which drives me nuts! ?

I hate it - as a reception teacher I spend ages teaching the difference between th and f and really enforce it in speech. My SIL is from Essex and he substitutes th with f all the time and my DGS is picking it up - I now spend ages working with him on th and f too

Lazy speak.

My children always asked to watch "caroons" i would not respond until the word cartoons was used. They soon learned correct english

It's immature speech - just a fad.

I am with you all the way on this one. Or they use ‘f’ instead of ‘th’. They say “ firty free” instead of “ thirty three”.
It drives me insane, but it appears to becoming the norm. ?

It irritates me too. When my son was little he said viss and vat. I taught him how to make the th sound. It wasn't difficult. It's sloppy parenting in my opinion. Or else the parent thinks it's cute.