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Re:Bilingualism makes the mind sharper (and helps forestall ... by rmc on Wednesday June 01, 2011 @12:11PM (#2607918)
children learn to pronounce the th sound quite late. And this is generally a give-away for of non-native speakers

The working class accent for where I'm from (Dublin, Ireland), prounounces "th" as "d", so "the" can be said "de".

A german friend advised his mother (who's is an english teacher (in germany)) to teach her students this, since it's easier for germans to pronounce!

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