[math-fun] something linguistic
I’m looking for couples of english words starting with ‘w’ that are pronounced in the same way, even written the same, but: the first is like “wh*” and the other “w*”. Bad examples: “were” and “where” do not qualify because the first “e” is pronounced differently “witch” and “which” do not qualify because of the extraneous “t” Motivation: in norther parts of England, the “wh” seems to be pronounced as “chw”, in a way similar to swedish “sj” or “sk”. That would mean that such pronounciation is the original one, and current BBC-english pronounciation is a ‘degradation’. Any perfect examples? I know this is not math, but some on this mailing list like word games and language fun too. (hé Bill?) Wouter.
On 2015-09-18 05:14, Wouter Meeussen wrote:
I’m looking for couples of english words starting with ‘w’ that are pronounced in the same way, even written the same, but: the first is like “wh*” and the other “w*”. Bad examples: “were” and “where” do not qualify because the first “e” is pronounced differently “witch” and “which” do not qualify because of the extraneous “t”
Motivation:
in norther parts of England, the “wh” seems to be pronounced as “chw”, in a way similar to swedish “sj” or “sk”. That would mean that such pronounciation is the original one, and current BBC-english pronounciation is a ‘degradation’.
Any perfect examples?
I know this is not math, but some on this mailing list like word games and language fun too. (hé Bill?)
Wouter.
Which witch? --rwg
What watt? Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2015, at 2:32 PM, rwg <rwg@sdf.org> wrote:
On 2015-09-18 05:14, Wouter Meeussen wrote: I’m looking for couples of english words starting with ‘w’ that are pronounced in the same way, even written the same, but: the first is like “wh*” and the other “w*”. Bad examples: “were” and “where” do not qualify because the first “e” is pronounced differently “witch” and “which” do not qualify because of the extraneous “t” Motivation: in norther parts of England, the “wh” seems to be pronounced as “chw”, in a way similar to swedish “sj” or “sk”. That would mean that such pronounciation is the original one, and current BBC-english pronounciation is a ‘degradation’. Any perfect examples? I know this is not math, but some on this mailing list like word games and language fun too. (hé Bill?) Wouter.
Which witch? --rwg
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In some American dialects, "wh" is pronounced "hw". (Maybe one of you already said this, but I read the thread twice and didn't see it.) Jim Propp On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 8:43 AM, Cordwell, William R <wrcordw@sandia.gov> wrote:
What watt?
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2015, at 2:32 PM, rwg <rwg@sdf.org> wrote:
On 2015-09-18 05:14, Wouter Meeussen wrote: I’m looking for couples of english words starting with ‘w’ that are pronounced in the same way, even written the same, but: the first is like “wh*” and the other “w*”. Bad examples: “were” and “where” do not qualify because the first “e” is pronounced differently “witch” and “which” do not qualify because of the extraneous “t” Motivation: in norther parts of England, the “wh” seems to be pronounced as “chw”, in a way similar to swedish “sj” or “sk”. That would mean that such pronounciation is the original one, and current BBC-english pronounciation is a ‘degradation’. Any perfect examples? I know this is not math, but some on this mailing list like word games and language fun too. (hé Bill?) Wouter.
Which witch? --rwg
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On 2015-09-18 05:43, Cordwell, William R wrote:
What watt?
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2015, at 2:32 PM, rwg <rwg@sdf.org> wrote:
On 2015-09-18 05:14, Wouter Meeussen wrote: I’m looking for couples of english words starting with ‘w’ that are pronounced in the same way, even written the same, but: the first is like “wh*” and the other “w*”. Bad examples: “were” and “where” do not qualify because the first “e” is pronounced differently “witch” and “which” do not qualify because of the extraneous “t” Motivation: in norther parts of England, the “wh” seems to be pronounced as “chw”, in a way similar to swedish “sj” or “sk”. That would mean that such pronounciation is the original one, and current BBC-english pronounciation is a ‘degradation’. Any perfect examples? I know this is not math, but some on this mailing list like word games and language fun too. (hé Bill?) Wouter.
Which witch? --rwg
Wist whist! --rwg
But I've never heard the difference between Whig and wig, whoa and woe. --rwg That whore is a warhorse. On 2015-09-18 06:13, rwg wrote:
On 2015-09-18 05:43, Cordwell, William R wrote:
What watt?
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2015, at 2:32 PM, rwg <rwg@sdf.org> wrote:
On 2015-09-18 05:14, Wouter Meeussen wrote: I’m looking for couples of english words starting with ‘w’ that are pronounced in the same way, even written the same, but: the first is like “wh*” and the other “w*”. Bad examples: “were” and “where” do not qualify because the first “e” is pronounced differently “witch” and “which” do not qualify because of the extraneous “t” Motivation: in norther parts of England, the “wh” seems to be pronounced as “chw”, in a way similar to swedish “sj” or “sk”. That would mean that such pronounciation is the original one, and current BBC-english pronounciation is a ‘degradation’. Any perfect examples? I know this is not math, but some on this mailing list like word games and language fun too. (hé Bill?) Wouter.
Which witch? --rwg
Wist whist! --rwg
search on web gave wet - whet very few perfect ones! Wouter. -----Original Message----- From: rwg Sent: Friday, September 18, 2015 3:29 PM To: math-fun Subject: Re: [math-fun] [EXTERNAL] Re: something linguistic But I've never heard the difference between Whig and wig, whoa and woe. --rwg That whore is a warhorse. On 2015-09-18 06:13, rwg wrote:
On 2015-09-18 05:43, Cordwell, William R wrote:
What watt?
Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2015, at 2:32 PM, rwg <rwg@sdf.org> wrote:
On 2015-09-18 05:14, Wouter Meeussen wrote: I’m looking for couples of english words starting with ‘w’ that are pronounced in the same way, even written the same, but: the first is like “wh*” and the other “w*”. Bad examples: “were” and “where” do not qualify because the first “e” is pronounced differently “witch” and “which” do not qualify because of the extraneous “t” Motivation: in norther parts of England, the “wh” seems to be pronounced as “chw”, in a way similar to swedish “sj” or “sk”. That would mean that such pronounciation is the original one, and current BBC-english pronounciation is a ‘degradation’. Any perfect examples? I know this is not math, but some on this mailing list like word games and language fun too. (hé Bill?) Wouter.
Which witch? --rwg
Wist whist! --rwg
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wen, when Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2015, at 2:32 PM, rwg <rwg@sdf.org> wrote:
On 2015-09-18 05:14, Wouter Meeussen wrote: I’m looking for couples of english words starting with ‘w’ that are pronounced in the same way, even written the same, but: the first is like “wh*” and the other “w*”. Bad examples: “were” and “where” do not qualify because the first “e” is pronounced differently “witch” and “which” do not qualify because of the extraneous “t” Motivation: in norther parts of England, the “wh” seems to be pronounced as “chw”, in a way similar to swedish “sj” or “sk”. That would mean that such pronounciation is the original one, and current BBC-english pronounciation is a ‘degradation’. Any perfect examples? I know this is not math, but some on this mailing list like word games and language fun too. (hé Bill?) Wouter.
Which witch? --rwg
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whiles, wiles Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2015, at 2:32 PM, rwg <rwg@sdf.org> wrote:
On 2015-09-18 05:14, Wouter Meeussen wrote: I’m looking for couples of english words starting with ‘w’ that are pronounced in the same way, even written the same, but: the first is like “wh*” and the other “w*”. Bad examples: “were” and “where” do not qualify because the first “e” is pronounced differently “witch” and “which” do not qualify because of the extraneous “t” Motivation: in norther parts of England, the “wh” seems to be pronounced as “chw”, in a way similar to swedish “sj” or “sk”. That would mean that such pronounciation is the original one, and current BBC-english pronounciation is a ‘degradation’. Any perfect examples? I know this is not math, but some on this mailing list like word games and language fun too. (hé Bill?) Wouter.
Which witch? --rwg
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wails, whales Sent from my iPhone
On Sep 18, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Wouter Meeussen <wouter.meeussen@telenet.be> wrote:
I’m looking for couples of english words starting with ‘w’ that are pronounced in the same way, even written the same, but: the first is like “wh*” and the other “w*”. Bad examples: “were” and “where” do not qualify because the first “e” is pronounced differently “witch” and “which” do not qualify because of the extraneous “t”
Motivation:
in norther parts of England, the “wh” seems to be pronounced as “chw”, in a way similar to swedish “sj” or “sk”. That would mean that such pronounciation is the original one, and current BBC-english pronounciation is a ‘degradation’.
Any perfect examples?
I know this is not math, but some on this mailing list like word games and language fun too. (hé Bill?)
Wouter. _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun
Wiz and whiz. Or, for the double, wizard and whiz hard. I think that spelling and pronunciation have evolved in sufficiently odd and arbitrary ways that you are unlikely to discover much. Regards, Jon
wey, weigh, whey. Brent On 9/18/2015 5:14 AM, Wouter Meeussen wrote:
I’m looking for couples of english words starting with ‘w’ that are pronounced in the same way, even written the same, but: the first is like “wh*” and the other “w*”. Bad examples: “were” and “where” do not qualify because the first “e” is pronounced differently “witch” and “which” do not qualify because of the extraneous “t”
Motivation:
in norther parts of England, the “wh” seems to be pronounced as “chw”, in a way similar to swedish “sj” or “sk”. That would mean that such pronounciation is the original one, and current BBC-english pronounciation is a ‘degradation’.
Any perfect examples?
I know this is not math, but some on this mailing list like word games and language fun too. (hé Bill?)
Wouter. _______________________________________________ math-fun mailing list math-fun@mailman.xmission.com https://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/math-fun
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