Timeline for Pronunciation of "Wales" and "whales" in Scotland
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| Jun 5, 2023 at 14:23 | comment | added | Carsten S | @Marcin, I found english.stackexchange.com/questions/45521/…, and a possible answer to the second question is apparently “drive down the M4”. | |
| Oct 19, 2011 at 13:42 | comment | added | Marcin | @KazDragon: Both of those jokes are lost on me. | |
| Oct 19, 2011 at 13:30 | comment | added | Kaz Dragon | @Marcin Yes. It comes out sounding quite airy. On the downside, jokes "where's the soap?" and "how do you get two whales in a car?" no longer work. | |
| Oct 19, 2011 at 10:42 | comment | added | Yuji | @Marcin: "wh", when distinguished from "w", has pronunciation written by [hw] by the international phonetic alphabet. It's written with "hw" in the Old English, as the link en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_wh cited above says. | |
| Oct 19, 2011 at 10:36 | comment | added | Marcin | You reverse the 'h' and 'w' when pronouncing 'wh'? | |
| Oct 19, 2011 at 9:40 | comment | added | Kaz Dragon | Alas, this isn't entirely correct, and I find it to differ from region to region. As a personal example, I pronounce which and witch differently. Furthermore, if I heard someone say, "The Prince of [hwales]" (as opposed to [wails]) I would understand that he means the big marine mammal. | |
| Jul 9, 2011 at 12:06 | history | answered | Marcin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |