Why do the Southern Irish pronounce their 'th's as 't'?

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I heard it was to do with the fact that in Latin there are no th's and when the Catholic nun's taught the children English they prounced th as t.

2007-04-08 06:56:23 · 2 answers · asked by SLHanvey 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

Because the phonemes /θ/(as in English 'think') and /ð/ (as in English 'the') do not exist in Gaelic.

2007-04-08 07:33:07 · answer #1 · answered by JJ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋

what JJ said

2007-04-15 03:36:33 · answer #2 · answered by Roscait 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋