w(h)igger

[A. Vine]

Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM wrote:
>
> 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.

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