Re: [tied] Re: Vwikings.

From: P&G
Message: 8901
Date: 2001-08-31

Initial /fw-/ and /bw-/ are not unknown in English, albeit in imported words.  There is also the current English utterance "fwaah" to denote appreciation of someone's physical beauty, if I may put it so politely without distorting the real meaning beyond recognition.
 
English speakers have no trouble with Bwana, or Tierra del Fuego.
 
Peter