Heard on The Judges: How to spell the BE pronunciation of _whore_

[Benjamin Barrett]

FWIW, I prefer "ho." The "w" is for the long form.

Benjamin Barrett
Seattle, WA

On Feb 14, 2012, at 2:43 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:

> Twenty-something black female speaker:
>
> "He scratched [hoU] on the back of my car! Spelt it H-O-E! I'm pretty
> sure that it's spelled W-H-O-'-E!"
>
>
> FWIW, me, too.
>
> --
> -Wilson

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