Date:  Mon, 29 Jan 1996 12:36:09 -0500

From:  "Dennis R. Preston" <preston[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]PILOT.MSU.EDU>

Subject: Re: whoop



Dale,



All those pronunciations and you never got it right -- [hwup].



I have noticed that in my speech (and I am obviously a [hw] - [w]

distinguisher) that I have [w] in 'exclamatory 'why' ('Why, that's a good

idea') and [hw] in the 'real' one ('Why did you go there'). They are in

absolute complementary distribution.



Back to the topic: I have heard the [h] pronunciation of 'whooping cough,'

but I can't retrieve the details.



Dennis (good with [hw]-[w]; crappy with [I]-[E]) Preston









>In a paper I'm working on, I discuss the pronunciation of whoop and find to

>my amazement that I pronounce it three different ways depending on context.

>

>1.War whoop /hup/, vowel as in food

>

>2.They whooped it up /wUpt/, vowel as in look.

>

>3.She gave a whoop /wup/ as in food.

>

>4. whooping cough I could say all three in addition to /hUp/.

>

>

>I'd like to find out if this is generally the case and would appreciate your

>comments and personal usage. Reply to the list or to...

>

>Dale Coye

>The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

>Princeton, NJ

>

>CoyeCFAT[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]aol.com