[hw] v. [w]

[Wilson Gray]

Yes, I do remember the [hw] v. [w] thread, but i couldn't remember
whether the "Family Man" case had been discussed. My post was more a
FWIW than attempt to initiate a new discussion, since [hw] v. [w] is
pretty much a dead horse. We [hw]-speakers are slowing falling into
the ashcan of history. IAC, I regret the confusion.

-Wilson

On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:37 AM, Benjamin Zimmer
<bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> On Fri, Sep 5, 2008 at 12:03 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Has anybody else seen the episode of "Family Guy" concerning, in a
>> subplot, the proper pronunciation of words spelled with initial wh-?
>> The characters that use [w] for both w- and wh- are shocked by the
>> characters that distinguish w- [w] from wh- [hw].
>
> We had a long thread on that last year, remember?
>
> http://listserv.linguistlist.org/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind0707E&L=ADS-L&P=1606
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> Cited therein:
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> http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003988.html
>
> The Youtube clip given in the LL post is no longer available, but you
> can see it here:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lich59xsjik
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>
> --Ben Zimmer
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