LL-L "Phonology" 2003.08.29 (05) [E]

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From: Brooks, Mark <mark.brooks at twc.state.tx.us>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2003.08.29 (02) [E]

Uilleam asked:  "I've been wondering about the sound /hw/ in English
and its prevelance among
English and Scots speakers. I'm interested to know how widespread it
is in the US..."

I live in Texas, and I use it, but I must admit that most people I
know don't use it.  My mother comes from Tennessee (she's 81 yrs old), and
she uses it almost exclusively.  She worked as a school teacher, but I
recall her teaching me to use /hw/ when I was very young before she started
teaching school.  So, I don't think the fact that she was a teacher made her
overly scrupulous in her usage.  I think her use of /hw/ comes from growing
up in Tennessee.

Mark Brooks

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From: kcaldwell31 at comcast.net <kcaldwell31 at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2003.08.29 (02) [E]

> From: GaidhealdeAlba at aol.com <GaidhealdeAlba at aol.com>
> Subject: Phonetics
>
> Hello Lowlanders,
>
> I've been wondering about the sound /hw/ in English and its prevelance
among
> English and Scots speakers. I'm interested to know how widespread it is in
> the US, the UK, and throughout the Lowlands world. Is it common in other
> Lowlandic languages, outside of Scots and English? I have always thought
> that it was common in the Southern US, parts of England, and Scotland, but
> I'm not sure. To be frank, I want to know because a few friends of mine
> claim that no one says it as /hw/.
>
> I don't quite remember if I've asked this question or if it's been asked
by
> someone else before, Ron. If I have, I apologize.
>
> Beannachdan,
> Uilleam [Og mhic Sheumais]

I tend to use the /hw/ pronunciation, although I think I've begun to lose it
the last few years.  My parents are from the Southern US (Tennessee and
Kentucky), and I grew up mainly in Tennessee (with a few years in Colorado,
Oregon, and California).  The school I went to in the 2nd and 3rd grades in
Tennessee (in the early 1970s) used a phonics program to teach reading, and
it
included the /hw/ sound (I think most phonics programs still do).  Maybe
people
in the US who went to schools that didn't use phonics never learned the /hw/
sound.

[Kevin Caldwell]

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