/w/-/hw/ again

[Barbara Need]

Probably not. [Cw] generally > [C] / __ [o] (possibly [+round], but I
don't have my references handy to confirm this).

So in addition to the whole and whore offered by Charles Doyle, we
have <sword> pronounced [sord].

Barbara

On 28 Dec 2007, at 12:52, Dennis R. Preston wrote:

> Yes; but not my sense of "ever"; I meant is there
> any attested modern survival of a /hw/ in "who"
> (as there obviosuly are in my own mouth for what,
> where, why,metc..., but not who.)
>
> dInIs
>
>> Poster:       Barbara Need <nee1 at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU>
>>
>> Yes. In Old English (hwa)!
>>
>> Barbara
>>
>> Barbara Need
>> UChicago
>>
>> On 27 Dec 2007, at 16:27, Dennis Preston wrote:
>>
>>>  Has there ever been a pronunciation of "who" with /hw/?
>>>
>>>  dInIs
>>>
>>>
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>>>>   From a recent column about a legendary Boston politician:
>>>>
>>>>  <FreddieÌs greatest moment came during his Parkman House hearings,
>>>>  when
>>>>  he exposed Mayor WhiteÌs profligate spending at his palatial home
>>>>  away
>>>>  from home.
>>>>  ÏWho ate at the Parkman House?Ó Freddie thundered, his unlit cigar
>>>>  clenched in his teeth. ÏH-W-O-H - who?Ó>
>>>>
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>>>>  articleid=1062332
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