Re: Brugmann's Law

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...> wrote:

>
> At 5:37:37 PM on Friday, January 18, 2008, 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
>
> I can't imagine why you would think so; the subject simply
> never arose, so far as I can recall. In any case, mine was
> by no means a puritanical family.

The word is pretty much literary in the circles I've moved in. As an
adolescent and young man the word used in jokes was usually just
'prostitute', with some presence for the word 'tart', and with some
use of the words 'call-girl' and 'hooker'. The likeliest need for
discussing them was Bible stories.

Richard.