18 Sep
2015
18 Sep
'15
5:45 p.m.
Many people still say the HW. Except for "who". Did people ever say HWOO ? (Other than hwen imitating owls?) —Dan
On Sep 18, 2015, at 10:38 AM, rkg <rkg@ucalgary.ca> 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?
On Sep 18, 2015, at 10:22 AM, Mike Speciner <ms@alum.mit.edu <mailto:ms@alum.mit.edu>> wrote:
What about we, whee ?