LL-L "Phonology" 2003.08.31 (01) [E]

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From: y-waki at pf6.so-net.ne.jp <y-waki at pf6.so-net.ne.jp>
Subject: ”Phonology"

Re: pronounciation of file://wh//of what, which. etc.

I am a Japanese and learned English at junior adn senior high school. When I
learned the word
starting with "wh", our teacher said that British pronounced "wh" as "w"
and US did as "hw". I am not sure if this explanation is correct.
Does anyone tell me whether it is correct or not?
Thanks

Yasuji Waki
E-mail: y-waki at pf6.so-net.ne.jp
Addr: 1-2-6-104, Midoridai, Funabashi,
Chiba Pref. Japan

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From: James R. Johnson <modean52 at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2003.08.30 (06) [E]

It's just /w/ in the United States in practically every state I've visited
(California, Nevada, Arizona, NC, SC, Florida, Georgia, Tennesee, Kentucky,
Virginia).  The /hw/ pronunciation is one I've never heard.

James

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From: UB82DN at aol.com <UB82DN at aol.com>
Subject: LL-L "Phonology" 2003.08.30 (08) [E]

Liewe Laaglanders,

I've certainly heard a real /hw/ in the speech of people from parts of
Georgia. A friend of mine from west Texas thought it was quite normal to use
/hw/ in
words spelled with wh-. I don't know what the actual distribution of /hw/
is,
but you do hear it here and there in the South.

I have also heard people from North Carolina use 'hit' as the third person
neuter singular pronoun in stressed position: as in, "Hit doesn't matter."

Cheers,
Joe Stromberg,
Auburn, Alabama

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