For some reason, it's "Have some madeira, m'dear" that sticks in my mind. —Dan
On Sep 18, 2015, at 10:47 AM, rkg <rkg@ucalgary.ca> wrote:
I've just remembered Flanders & Swann's ``I'm a g'nu!''
``... and nobody knows wuhoo's wuhoo''.
`` nor am I in the least like that dreadful hearty beast; oh g'no, g'no, g'no, I'm a g'nu!'' R.
On Fri, 18 Sep 2015, rkg wrote:
A century ago, careful English speakers would pronounce ``whee'' as ``hwee'' with a noticeable aitch. Someone mentioned this in connexion with ``some American dialects''. I suspect that, down the years, the aitch has largely disappeared. Ditto for (almost?) all `wh' words? R.
On Fri, 18 Sep 2015, Dan Asimov wrote:
What about we, wee, whee, all the way home?
—Dan
On Sep 18, 2015, at 10:22 AM, Mike Speciner <ms@alum.mit.edu> wrote: What about we, whee ?
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