Hypercorrection of /w/-/hw/

Geoffrey Nunberg nunberg at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU
Sat May 22 21:00:07 UTC 2004


I've noticed informally that "sincere" wh-speakers tend not to use
the /hw/ in "why" when it's an interjection: e.g., "Why, I never
thought of that."

Geoff Nunberg



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