w(h)igger

[Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM]

Andrea writes:

>>>>>
> And since American pronunciation does not distinguish between the spellings
"w"
> and "wh", the "wh-" in the spelling can't be a transcription;

Er, not entirely.  I have known Americans, myself among them, to continue the
distinction, at least some of the time.
<<<<<

I plead guilty to only the letter of the charge. The distinction is rare and not
always consistent, and I don't think it likely to have applied here.

-- Mark