Date: Wed, 26 Apr 1995 07:49:00 EDT
From: "Dennis.Preston" 22709MGR[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MSU.EDU
Subject: Why
I use exclamatory Why (Louisville area, 1940s-60-s) and have an interesting
phonological distinction. Like lots of old South Midlanders, I have the /hw/ -
/w/ distinction (whale and wail are different words), and exclamatory Why is
obligatorily /w/ for me, but interrogative Why is obligatorily /hw/. Funny
huh?
di[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]nIs
preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]pilot.msu.edu