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Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))7/29/2011 5:42:36 am PDT

re: #127 Sergey Romanov

Do any of you guys or anyone you know pronounce h in wh- words? Like “hwite”, “hwat”, “cool hwip”? It was a minor shock for me hwen I learned that it is supposed to be the proper pronunciation by some

It is an aspiratied consonant - like blowing out a candle.

Remember the scene from Alice in Wonderland with the caterpillar smooking a hookah and asking “Who are you?” while blowing smoke rings.