/Vlk/ --> /Vhk/ --> /Vk/

[Rudolph C Troike]

Disagreeing with my good friend Don Lance, Southern /SrImp/ becoming
/srImp/ (loss of contrast of /S/:/s/ before /r/) is in no way parallel to
the vocalization and loss of /l/ in the context V__k (or more generally
V__C). The closest thing to an inverse parallel is Southern loss of /r/
following a (voiceless) dental fricative and preceding a back vowel, as in
"from", "throw", "through".

        Rudy