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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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