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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StoneBear

@joyce one wonders if there is a difference between accents... Americanese vs. English vs. Scotland vs. India... there definitely is a difference for _me_, but pronunciations can be radically different.... the common name for dihydrogen monoxide, f'rinstance... "Wot-uh" (something close to RP) vs. "WAtur" (generic American) vs. "wudder" (one of a few Brooklyn accents)...