What?

[joshwriting]

Most words that start with the letters "wh" are pronounced "hw," as in "hweel." Not "weel."

OTOH, Welcome is NOT pronounced "Hwelcome," no matter how many folks tell you otherwise!

Comments

[ratesjul.livejournal.com]

Is this Bostonion, or something?

not bostonian

[flawed-creation.livejournal.com]

my relatives in Texas pronounce "wh" as "hw", but "welcome" doesn't have an "h" in it anyway.

[dragongstone.livejournal.com]

The exception to that being "who".

[ladyhoshi.livejournal.com]

i hever realized the wh issue.
i say it should become a basis for a political platform.
i pronounce it as close to how it is spelt as possible
like the germans.

[camlina.livejournal.com]

(smile)
You're weird.

:P