Mastodawn

Something I was wondering about this morning: native English speakers, do you pronounce initial [wh] and initial [w] differently? I.e., is there a difference in the way you pronounce 'which' and 'witch' or 'whether' and 'weather'?

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Yes

27.4%

No

67.9%

Huh?

4.8%

Poll ended at Feb 28 at 12:15pm.

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sunflowerinrain

@joyce
I pronounce them differently (unless trying to blend in): firstly because of strict elocution in primary school, but more importantly because my favourite singing teacher* insisted on the aspirate.

* Eileen Poulter: marvellous, occasionally scary, and much missed.