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If someone who usually pronounces the letter "ת" without a dagesh as "sav" is leining Torah, and he accidentally says "tav" in a place where he would normally say "sav", should the gabbai correct him?

Does it make a difference whether the word with the "ת" replaced by a "ט" means something totally different? Perhaps that doesn't even make a difference at all because by saying "tav" instead of "sav," the leiner indicates that he thinks that the letter is different from what it actually is.

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Are you assuming a certain answer if this question were about Bet/Vet? – Isaac Moses Mar 8 at 20:06
@IsaacMoses, no I'm not. I think this question is kind of independent of that one because there are actually two different traditions about the pronunciation of ת sans dagesh. Like a "t" and like an "s" whereas (as far as I know) everybody pronounces vet like a "v" – Daniel Mar 8 at 20:09
As far as I'm aware, a dagesh, whether it be kal or chazak does not change the meaning of the word whether it is pronounced or not. – jake Mar 8 at 20:09
@Daniel, If anything, there is less of a reason to correct in this case than in cases of ב/בּ or פ/פּ. Is that what you mean? – jake Mar 8 at 20:11
@jake, Ok. Can you source that? That would be an answer. – Daniel Mar 8 at 20:12
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