How to Pronounce WH Words — what, why, which

Have you noticed that there are two different ways to pronounce words that begin with ‘wh’?  I pronounce them one way, and my mother pronounces them another.  Special thanks to Mom for helping with this video!

YouTube blocked? Click here to see the video.

Video Text:

In this American English pronunciation video, I’m going to discuss, with my Mom, the pronunciation of WH.

I’ve gotten a couple questions about how do you pronounce words that begin with WH. And I’ve brought my Mom here because she pronounces it differently than I do. She does the perfect, in my opinion, old fashioned, hw sound before the W. Whereas, I just make a clean W sound. So, for example, let’s just say some words.
>> Okay.

>> Whale.
>> Whale.
>> White.
>> White.
>> What?
>> What?
>> Why?
>> Why?
>> While.
>> While.

>> Such a perfect hw. So, either way, totally acceptable. And Mom, you said sometimes you leave off the hw? Like for the word ‘whether’, you said you don’t do it.
>> Whether, W-H-E-T-H-E-R, I would say the same as weather.
>> Whether or not.
>> Yeah, whether or not, I would say the same as weather, clouds, rain, sleet.
>> Right.
>> So, there I don’t say the WH.
>> Yeah.
>> So either one is acceptable. Um, in my opinion, why learn another sound, hw, when you don’t have to. Just make it a nice, clean W sound. I also think that the way my Mom says it, white.
>> White.
>> …is a little old fashioned. What do you think. Do you agree with that?
>> No.
>> Really?
>> I don’t think it’s old-fashioned.
>> What do you think it is?
>> I think it’s the way to say WH.
>> Oh. Its A way to say WH.

Grammar note: when you say THE way, it means there’s only one way. When you say A way, it means there is more than one way. Mom thinks her way is the only way, the right way, but I know that both are acceptable pronunciations.

Listen again to THE way and A way.

>> What do you think it is?
>> I think it’s the way to say WH.
>> Oh. Its A way to say WH.
>> Okay guys, so that’s my opinion on how to say WH words. If you’re going to say it like me, which is a clean W sound, you just round the lips, ww, and start your word. Thanks, Mom.
>> You’re welcome, dear.
>> Alright guys, that’s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel’s English

How to Pronounce WH Words — what, why, which的更多相关文章

  1. There is no getter for property named 'user' in 'class com.jyr.wh.domain.User' 异常

    今天在使用mybatis时,出现了一个问题:There is no getter for property named 'user' in 'class com.jyr.wh.domain.User, ...

  2. Think you can pronounce these 10 words correctly? You might be

    Think you can pronounce these 10 words correctly?  You might be surprised! Share Tweet Share Tagged ...

  3. How to Pronounce Word vs. World

    How to Pronounce Word vs. World Share Tweet Share Tagged With: Comparison, Dark L What is the differ ...

  4. How to Pronounce AR, ORN, etc.

    How to Pronounce AR, ORN, etc. Share Tweet Share The R consonant can be really tricky.  In this vide ...

  5. How to Pronounce TH after N or Z

    How to Pronounce TH after N or Z Share Tweet Share Tagged With: Linking Consonant to Consonant The T ...

  6. How to Pronounce T + Dark L

    How to Pronounce T + Dark L Share Tweet Share Tagged With: Dark L The T and Dark L combination is co ...

  7. How to Pronounce Numbers 11 – 19

    How to Pronounce Numbers 11 – 19 Share Tweet Share Tagged With: Numbers Numbers are something you’ll ...

  8. How to Pronounce the Letters NG – No Hard G

    How to Pronounce the Letters NG – No Hard G Share Tweet Share Most of the time when you see the lett ...

  9. How to Pronounce the Numbers 1 – 10

    How to Pronounce the Numbers 1 – 10 Share Tweet Share Tagged With: Numbers Numbers are something you ...

随机推荐

  1. vue-cli 构建项目中 config/index.js 文件解读

    // see http://vuejs-templates.github.io/webpack for documentation. var path = require('path') module ...

  2. bzoj1055玩具取名

    区间dp.记录可行性即可. #include<iostream> #include<cstdio> #include<cstring> using namespac ...

  3. ORA-01919: role 'OLAPI_TRACE_USER' does not exist

    我在用数据泵导入数据的时候报的错 TEST_USER1@ORCL> conn / as sysdbaSYS@ORCL> grant plustrace to TEST_USER1; gra ...

  4. MySqli 执行多条SQL语句

    使用multi_query();  去执行SQL语句,执行多条语句多个SQL语句用“;”分开 一:没有结果集的语句: $sql="insert into products (cid,name ...

  5. win xp 安装 VS2010 时要重启是因为没安装WINDOWS INSTALLER 4.5

    win xp 安装 VS2010 时要重启是因为没安装WINDOWS INSTALLER 4.5. 无意间看到VS2010安装列表中有一项是 WINDOWS INSTALLER 4.5 . 装这个玩意 ...

  6. Spring中IOC与DI的的区别

    依赖注入的前提: 有IOC的环境,也就是将必须对象的创建权交给了Spring. DI 介绍 Dependency Injection 依赖注入.需要有IOC 的环境,Spring 创建这个类的过程中, ...

  7. springMVC集成CXF后调用已知的wsdl接口

    本文转载自:https://www.cnblogs.com/xiaochangwei/p/5400303.html 本篇文章将讲解SpringMVC+CXF环境下,怎么调用其他系统通过webServi ...

  8. 在win7/WINDOWS SERVER 2008 R2上安装 vmware POWERcli 6.5

    安装.NET Framework 4.6.2下载NDP462-KB3151800-x86-x64-AllOS-ENU.exe,安装安装PowerShell 4.0(5.0依赖4.0)下载Windows ...

  9. [UE4]计算机中的数据表示

    一.位:数据的最小单位,一个位仅有两种状态 一个电路,通或断:磁盘上的小磁铁,南极或北极: 使用Bit表示位,百兆带宽,一秒钟可以传输一百兆个bit 二.字节:8个位组成一个字节,一个字节有256种状 ...

  10. Linux下XAMPP装完之后,Navicat无法连上数据库的问题的解决 注意'mypassword'是当前的mysql登录密码

    Linux下装完XAMPP之后,mysql是自带装好了的,这个时候,mysql的root用户没有密码. 在mac 下安装好xampp后,需要在终端命令行操作时,比如输入:mysql -u root - ...