>pronouncing the "h" in "wh-" words
>"Hello everyone, my name is David Foster Wahallace and I'm here to read you an excerpt from my new essay, 'This is Wahater' "
what did he mean by this?
>>7422461
I am a whitekek and let me paraphrase an ancient zen koan to appear profound. My favorite word is banal.
Someone recontructed the accent spoken around the time of the King James Bible, and every "wh" word was pronounced with the "h" in front. So "white" was "hwite." Maybe the reason that silent "h" exists in our orthography is because it used to be uttered.
>>7423395
In Old English, all "wh-" words were written "hw-" and pronounced as such. OP is just a prescriptivist retard.
>>7422455
Why do Americans pronounce 'while' as 'Hwile' ?
especially old Professors on Youtube tutorials.
>Ne secgan þæt h in wordum wh-um
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>>7422455
Whole
![500px-Hw-w_merger.svg[1].png](https://i.imgur.com/IcfX2r0.png "500px-Hw-w_merger.svg[1].png")
>>7423406
>>7423395
Correct.
The hw sound comes from PIE kw. Compare cognates for European interrogatives:
Who : Qui : Wem
Which : Quod : Welches
Why : Quid : Wofuer (not really)
English kept the sound, and so did Gothic before it went extinct. Pic related is where it can be expected, in America.
>>7422455
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZmqJQ-nc_s
>>7423728
le obvious
hwat?
>making fun of a dead guy
not cool man
>>7423763
we gardena in geardagum þeodcyninga frym gefrunon
