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| Very interesting, Proof. I thought it funny that some have been added because of pretentiousness. |
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| I have been unable to find out exactly how wr was pronounced in words like wring and write.
Old English had other unusual combinations like *hlahhian "laugh", hnutu "nut", and hwa "who". These were probably voiceless /l/, /n/, and /w/.
But there were also wr as in wringan "wring" and wl as in wlanc "pride". How were they pronounced? |
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| try posting a query to David Crystal. He's pretty good on that kind of thing.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
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| Or - Quinion? I don't know about David Crystal, but Quinion always answers and does a good bit of research. |
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