August 10, 2015, 20:49
KallehVery interesting, Proof. I thought it funny that some have been added because of pretentiousness.
August 19, 2015, 17:10
goofyI 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
BobHaletry posting a query to David Crystal. He's pretty good on that kind of thing.
August 22, 2015, 21:25
KallehOr - Quinion? I don't know about David Crystal, but Quinion always answers and does a good bit of research.