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Ah, comparative phonology. And my prof said we'd only use it if we teach ESL. It depends on what lanaguage the parents speak. If there are no t's in the middle of words in the native language, it will be hard to learn if there are some in the second language. The language learner will replace the foreign sound with one that is similar and in their L1. /t/ and /s/ are both voiceless alveolar consonants, so the tongue is in roughly the same spot for each.

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