homage/why

Bob Fitzke fitzke at VOYAGER.NET
Mon May 3 17:50:22 UTC 1999


How about consumate and articulate? A con-sum'-at liar; con'-su-mate a
marriage. An ar-tic'-u-let spokesman; the train is ar-tic'-u-late [:-)]

Bob

James E. Clapp wrote: Another word that I pronounce differently in
different senses is

> _why_.  In my dialect, in all senses except as an interjection the
> word begins with an h sound; as an interjection it does not:  "Hwye
> didn't you kiss her?  Wye, it never occurred to me!"  Anyone else?



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