LL-L: "Names" LOWLANDS-L, 02.MAY.2000 (12) [E]

Tue May 2 23:59:32 UTC 2000

Folk,

On this point there is the old Scots spelling 'quh-' for 'wh-', which may
indicate that it was once pronounced not dissimilarly to /k/ (and thus /g/)?
I must say I doubt it, I suspect it was merely a spelling convention, but
it's worth considering.

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