Joyce LionaronsFeb 25

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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@joyce IDK if it's even really audible but "wh"is definitely back-of-the-mouth sound for me, while "w" is tighter.

It's not the clear Old English "hwaet" instead of "what," though.

Feb 25 at 1:42pmWeb