Whore [was: [tied] Re: Brugmann's Law]

I don't think it's very relevant since Brian obviously learned the word
from written language.
Anyway, /h/ is probably due to /hw/ > /h/ in front of an /o/, similar to
<who> being [hu:] (but <what> [hwOt]). Labiovelars tend to loose their
labial component in front of rounded vowels, it happens in Germanic,
Greek, Latin...

Mate

On Pet, siječanj 18, 2008 11:37 pm, Rick McCallister wrote:
> I distinguish /w/ & /wh/ but I've never heard anyone
> say /hwor/
> You must have grown up a puritanical household if you
> never heard the word a a kid
>
> --- "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:
>
>> In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Rick McCallister
>> <gabaroo6958@...> wrote:
>>
>> > This also brings up the <wh> or /hw/ of whore --is
>> it an
>> > affected spelling or the real thing. The word is
>> never
>> > pronounced as /hw/ AFAIK [...]
>>
>> Not quite true. I encountered the word in print
>> long before
>> I ever heard it. Since I retain the /hw/-/w/
>> distinction, I
>> assumed for years that it was pronounced with /hw/,
>> and I
>> still pronounce it so unless I make a conscious
>> effort.
>>
>> Brian
>>
>>
>>
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>
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