npub1hvzjvzfmclu5l5zk65fxye5cgt7e0qvs6rcn60z72v9hy79mmpzq4qmle9 (npub1hvz…mle9) I'm from Scotland and was brought up to aspirae the h in what, where, why, when, etc. It's how we spoke at home, and it was part of our formal education in primary school. The aspirated combination wh- was introduced along with th-, sh- etc.
Later, when I noticed English people pronouncing words like whale and wail the same way, I accepted it as one of their oddities, along with their inability to pronounce the letter R properly. But *obviously* we were right and they were wrong!
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2024-02-01 22:42:51
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2024-02-01 22:42:51Event JSON
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