Timeline for What rules of English allow the first t in “patient” to make an sh sound?
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| S Aug 2, 2020 at 11:28 | history | suggested | Stormblessed | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 5, 2010 at 1:42 | comment | added | Noldorin | Also worth noting, is that these pronunciations have their origin in French, which is also full of them. | |
| Nov 5, 2010 at 1:11 | comment | added | Kosmonaut | Okay, I will add it as an answer then :) | |
| Nov 4, 2010 at 21:48 | comment | added | nohat | @Kosmonaut, aww I wish you had made your comment an answer. It’s the only relevant information here. | |
| Nov 4, 2010 at 21:47 | comment | added | Kosmonaut | I think it is worthwhile to add that the reason something pronounced [ʃ] would ever get the spelling "ti" is because of palatalization. Basically, the "io" diphthong contains a palatal consonant, which, in certain cases, pulls the place of articulation of other consonants towards it (e.g. t->ʃ). The palatalization process is no longer active in these words spelled with "ti" (nowadays it is just 100% /ʃ/), but palatalization is active in some British dialects, for pronunciations of words like "Tuesday": /tjuzdeɪ/ ("Tyoozday") comes out as [tʃuzdeɪ] ("Choozday"). | |
| Nov 4, 2010 at 19:31 | history | edited | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Nov 4, 2010 at 19:28 | vote | accept | Matthew Vines | ||
| Nov 4, 2010 at 19:28 | comment | added | Matthew Vines | Thanks for the input, and great article, thanks for bringing it up. And the alternate spelling of fish was a great bonus. | |
| Nov 4, 2010 at 19:20 | history | answered | RegDwigнt | CC BY-SA 2.5 |