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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Show threadjensilberFeb 25
@joyce Not when speaking, but I'm a singer, and singers are often instructed to pronounce a "wh" at the start of a word as "hw" instead.
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@jensilber

Yes, that's the spoken difference as well, although it's usually very slight.

Feb 25 at 2:43pmWeb