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[Peter &/or Graham]

>I should think this would lead to spelling problems, but then who bothers
>to spell any more?

Interestingly, I work in an area with both pronunciations, and some of my
students do indeed have spelling problems with these words.   "wether" is a
very common misspelling.

Peter

[ Moderator's note:
  We've moved far beyond Indo-European.  Let's consider this discussion closed
  on this list.
  --rma ]