"quarter"

[Donald M. Lance]

"Bethany K. Dumas" wrote:

> >I am trying to determine the variation in the pronunciation of
> >"quarter". Most dictionaries specify [kw-]; some allow no [w]
> >but it seems to me that there may be generational, and perhaps
> >areal, factors at work. Some Americaphone speakers here in
> >Australia report [kw-], others [k-]. One local speaker claims
> >that in expressions of time it is without [w], but in expressions
> >like "quarter horse" it is with [w].
>
> I have never heard anything but kw- for either sense.
>
> Bethany

Yes, you have, Bethany.  Peter Jennings says it.  Maybe Tom Brokaw too.  DMLance