Date:  Wed, 29 Nov 1995 13:22:51 -0500

From:  Wayne Glowka <wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MAIL.GAC.PEACHNET.EDU>

Subject: Re: /w/ and /hw/ (and /hyu/ and "R")



The distinction between /w/ and /hw/ is alive and well in central Georgia.

Students are amazed that my pronunciation of "which" is the same as my

pronunciation of "witch."



They also favor aspiration in "humor" [hyum[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]r], aspiration that I don't have.





QUESTION: In other r-less dialects how do people pronounce the letter "R"?

 My r-less mother-in-law was carefully reciting the alphabet to my amazing

two-year-old the other night and said "R" with two syllables as something

like [a-r[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]]. Do other r-less people share this pronunciation?



[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE] = schwa





Wayne Glowka

Professor of English

Director of Research and Graduate Student Services

Georgia College

Milledgeville, GA 31061

912-453-4222

wglowka[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]mail.gac.peachnet.edu