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?

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