Gene Weingarten on the pronunciation of "what"

[David Bowie]

From:    Beverly Flanigan <flanigan at OHIO.EDU>

> Who is this guy?  Has he nothing better to do than to agonize over the
> pronunciation of "what"?  (And how about that aspirating the 'w' and then
> reducing it to a vowel--or whatever.)

Gene Weingarten is a humor columnist for the Washington _Post_ (and
writes occasional feature-length serious--and moving--columns, too). He
is IMO one of the most brilliant humor columnists around, but a bit full
of himself (though i suspect that that's just part of his shtick).

FWIW, he was also Dave Barry's editor at the Miami _Herald_ for several
years, back before the _Herald_ jettisoned much of its best talent.

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