spelling pronunciation exercises

sagehen sagehen at WESTELCOM.COM
Mon Oct 2 17:16:40 UTC 2006


>In a message dated 10/2/06 10:38:25 AM, truespel at HOTMAIL.COM writes:
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>> OK. I'll give it a try.  To get it straight, the "wh" is spoken "hw" not
>> "wh" right.  (hwich makes no sense hwatsoever.  Hwy thy say it that I'll
>> never know.  But I'll do hwut you say for a hwile.
>>
>> Tom Z
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Huh?  Are you saying  you would pronounce  aspirated "wh" the way Michael
Flanders  (of Flanders & Swann) does  in "I'm a Gnu (Spelled G N U)"?  That
is,  as "w-hoo"?
AM

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