[101282] in tlhIngan-Hol
Re: [Tlhingan-hol] Canon: Associate Producer
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SuStel)
Sat Oct 3 16:34:51 2015
To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org
From: SuStel <sustel@trimboli.name>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 16:34:47 -0400
In-Reply-To: <23D50723-8284-469A-BF8C-77BF17B5F573@gmail.com>
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On 10/3/2015 9:29 AM, lojmIt tI'wI' nuv wrote:
> My wife pronounces "where" and "wear" exactly alike and thinks my
> pronunciation of "where" is sufficiently alien to her to be no end of
> amusement. She pronounces "why" like the letter "Y". It leaves me
> wondering why she doesn't pronounce "who" as "woo". When I point that
> out, she becomes puzzled. She never thought about that until I
> pointed it out, then she just declares "That's just how it is," and
> avoids thinking about it further, since she prefers to think that her
> pronunciation is generally better than mine, when there is a
> difference.
Your wife's pronunciation is by far the more common these days. Think of
the Family Guy sketch in which Stewie says "Cool WHip" over and over and
Brian demands to know why he's "placing so much emphasis on the h." (And
then remember the sketch about WHil WHeaton.)
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SuStel
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