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Hwat, hwere, and hwy? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Hwoa! Hwat’s with the hwistling hwisky? > In which English accents do they put an h before every word that starts with wh? That isn’t what’s going on — you only think you hear an h, because your phoneme set doesn’t include this sound, but its use is pretty common in various accents Which accents? Lots Scottish Irish
When was, or why is, what pronounced as “hwat”? - Reddit Was the hwat hwy hwere hwen pronunciation the original pronunciation of the words, and the h sound only dropped at some point in the history of English? Is there national or regional variation in preferences for the hwat versus what pronunciation?
ELI5: Why do some people pronounce what as hwat? Also . . . - Reddit What used to widely be spelled and pronounced as hwat "H" is a relatively weak sound compared to other consonants, though, and it's not uncommon across other languages for it to be dropped as the beginning sound of a word, and that's eventually what happened in most accents The spelling was adjusted after that changed occurred
ELI5: Why do some American accents say words with Ws like . . . - Reddit Not OP, but thanks for the thorough answer I'm not a native English speaker, and I remember watching House of Cards (the 2013 one, with Kevin Spacey) and finding the way he pronounces words (hwhy, hwat ) kind of funny It's the same with Hank from King of the Hill and his hwhat
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Attention Americans: Do you use the SILENT H in the beginning? NEWEST EDIT: Please do not consider this a duplicate of Hwat, hwere, and hwy? That discusses the origins of words and various 'accents' Yes, the examples are related, but my question is different and simple I'm more keen on knowing if Americans (today) use the leading h pronunciation (at large)?
Is it affected to pronounce the h in wh- words such as what? Incidentally, probably the major reason why singers fuss about their pronunciation is for reasons of vocal technique (achieving the goal of effortlessness and rich sound yield contrasts; taste as to the timbre of sounds often comes into play - e g colouring to richer vowels in the descant)
I Tell You Hwat! : r KingOfTheHill - Reddit 3 4K votes, 121 comments 304K subscribers in the KingOfTheHill community A subreddit for fans of Mike Judge's 1997 animated series "King Of The…
why are so many people pronouncing the h in h and wh words Hwat hwere hwen is how the words are traditionally pronounced in American English in older generations - not wut wair wen, which were used only by the less educated and laborers However, it's held over only in the South
How do you pronounce what? with a sound as in father, or . . . - Reddit I guess wat and wuht could sound similar And I guess many dictionaries say hwat as British and wut as American (I even found a youtuber who said the pronunciation is < w - short u(as in wood) - t>, but I don't think that makes sense ) How do you pronounce this word?