Date: Sat, 2 Dec 1995 10:57:33 EST

From: David Bergdahl BERGDAHL[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OUVAXA.CATS.OHIOU.EDU

Subject: Re: /w/ and /hw/



From: NAME: David Bergdahl

FUNC: English

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Tony writes "The word "whore" derived from Lat. karus 'dear (one)'" but of

course it is COGNATE with the Latin term rather than derived from it. The first

sound shift details how Germanic languages' consonants shift away from the

proto-IndoEuropean source for BOTH English whore AND Latin karus .

On the question of German interference in the "who-er" pronunciation , my

Brochaus lists die Hure as pronounced with a long open o (backwards c:), which

is the English as well [for us r-less NYers].



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David Bergdahl

Ohio University/Athens

"Where Appalachia meets the Midwest"--Anya Briggs