Th-stopping is the realization of the dental fricatives [θ,ð] as stops, which occurs in several dialects of English. In some accents, such as Hiberno-English, some varieties of Newfoundland English, some varieties of New York-New Jersey English, and Indian English, they're realized as the dental stops [t̪,d̪] and as such don't merge with the alveolar stops /t, d/. Thus pairs like tin/thin and den/then are not homophonous. In other accents, such as Caribbean English an… (More on Th-stopping)