Date: Fri, 1 Dec 1995 21:56:07 -0500

From: "William H. Smith" Wh5mith[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM

Subject: Re: /w/ and /hw/



I don't have my German dictionary here at home, but isn't 'whore' 'Hure' or

'Huere' in

German? If so, might the /u/ pronunciation be due to language interference?

Bill Smith

Piedmont College