Talk:thrink

RFV discussion: April 2018
Hmm, good luck finding sources for this. --Cien pies 6 (talk) 10:49, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Whatever it is, it isn't eye dialect since is nowhere a standard pronunciation of . —Mahāgaja (formerly Angr) · talk 11:17, 16 April 2018 (UTC)


 * cited - And yes, it is eye dialect, apparently for either an Irish or French accent. (And not just for alcohol - the last quote is the verb). Kiwima (talk) 11:34, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I didn't think about the possibility of th standing for . And while there isn't a "standard" French pronunciation of English, is the standard pronunciation in Ireland. —Mahāgaja (formerly Angr) · talk 12:32, 16 April 2018 (UTC)


 * We have many such "Irish-accent" entries: dhrunk, dhrop, dhrink, intherest... Equinox ◑ 13:25, 16 April 2018 (UTC)


 * I'm confused by this. Is it because the affrication of /d/ (and /t/?) in front of /ɹ/ is near-ubiquitous? --Per utramque cavernam (talk) 13:40, 16 April 2018 (UTC)


 * Most English "dental" consonants are really alveolar, but those represented by th are dental, so most English speakers will hear true dental stops as th. Chuck Entz (talk) 14:18, 16 April 2018 (UTC)
 * In Hiberno-English, the dental sounds /θ ð/ that are fricatives in other varieties of English are very often realized as dental stops [t̪ d̪]. Thus Irish English distinguishes tin and thin by place of articulation only, not manner of articulation: vs. ; likewise den and then are distinguished as  vs. . However, the contrast is lost before /ɹ/ and /ɚ/, where only dentals surface, so in Irish English tree and three are homophones as, and udder and other are homophones as . And by the same rule, drink is , starting with the same consonant as this and that and then. —Mahāgaja (formerly Angr) · talk 14:59, 16 April 2018 (UTC)

RFV-passed Kiwima (talk) 22:07, 23 April 2018 (UTC)