White Flag -- "rythm", no vowel in

[Larry Sheldon]

On 3/19/2012 8:25 PM, Benjamin Barrett wrote:
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> I recall only "y," but Googling shows that some teachers toss the "w" =
> in.

May be an age thing, I'm not sure I remember my kids being taught that
"w" was included.  But I sure was.
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