SOURCE: Germanic */t/
Voiceless alveolar stop
The consonant /t/ has been stable from OE through PDE.
| CONSONANT |
OE
/t/
|
ME
/t/
|
EME
/t/
|
PDE /t/
|
| SPELLING |
t
|
t, tt
|
t, tt, d,
ed, et
|
t, tt, d,
ed, et
|
| EXAMPLE |
tæcan
|
teche
|
teach
|
teach
|
SOUND
CHANGES AFFECTING /t/
ME /t/
Intrusive consonant
EME /t/
Assibilation
Loss in consonant clusters with /s/
Spelling pronunciation as /q/