Shoot! I thought he was gone, but he ain't. Oh, well. Things should get
interesting again. <wink>
Noting that my last name begins with Wh, I wonder if I mispronounce it <g>, and
I'm also worried about this aspiration thing. Shouldn't, I guess, as we have
Chris, and now a returned Andrew, to perform the delicate Lexicon Hiemlich.
--Bob Whitmire
www.bobwhitmire.com
On Sep 21, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> And WHO are you calling an old lady?
> Andrew Fildes (who can and does aspirate a 'w')
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 22/09/2010, at 5:58 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
>
>>> And while on that topic, there no need to apologise to Johan for
>>> the English "wh", since it has Scandinavian roots, although as
>>> "hv". That spelling must have been considered unattractive by our
>>> English forebears, but if you listen carefully to an elderly
>>> English lady with suitably ladylike pronunciation, you should hear
>>> that the changed spelling is not yet reflected in the spoken word.
--
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