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August 10, 2015, 11:20
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Silence!
Quiet! Letters at work.
August 10, 2015, 20:49
Kalleh
Very interesting, Proof. I thought it funny that some have been added because of pretentiousness.
August 19, 2015, 17:10
goofy
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?
August 19, 2015, 21:40
BobHale
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.
August 22, 2015, 21:25
Kalleh
Or - Quinion? I don't know about David Crystal, but Quinion always answers and does a good bit of research.