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from Faulty Diction:
whack, what, which, etc
Pronounced hwac, hwat, hwich, etc.: not wac, wat, wich, etc.
The English are especially lax in the pronunciation of such words as these, almost uniformly dropping the initial h sound, while many Americans err by making the aspirate too sharply prominent.
Published by Funk & Wagnalls Company. 1909 – 1915.
4 comments:
Three thumbs up.
I used to mock my pops for putting extra emphasis on the "h", my favorite was "whopper" go on, say it with lossa "h".
My american mother also insisted in the hw and we canadian kids thought that was crazy! Most excellent finds.
These are so great (I love old books). Interesting to study language over time.
whhhhoper, very funny.
yes, very interesting to see the variations and changes over time!
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