{"id":2175,"date":"2015-05-06T06:50:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T06:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rachel-smith-live.prev21.rmkr.net\/?p=2175"},"modified":"2024-03-24T10:14:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T10:14:10","slug":"pronounce-wh-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rachelsenglish.com\/pronounce-wh-words\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Pronounce WH Words &#8212; what, why, which"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Have you noticed that there are two different ways to pronounce words that begin with &#8216;wh&#8217;? \u00a0I pronounce them one way, and my mother pronounces them another.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"> <strong>YouTube blocked? <\/strong><a href=\"#video\">Click here to see the video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div class=\"container-lazyload preview-lazyload container-youtube js-lazyload--not-loaded\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RyCXAYBi9HU\" class=\"lazy-load-youtube preview-lazyload preview-youtube\" data-video-title=\"How to Pronounce WH Words -- what, why, which -- American English\" title=\"Play video &quot;How to Pronounce WH Words -- what, why, which -- American English&quot;\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RyCXAYBi9HU<\/a><noscript>Video can&#8217;t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RyCXAYBi9HU\" title=\"How to Pronounce WH Words -- what, why, which -- American English\">How to Pronounce WH Words &#8212; what, why, which &#8212; American English (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RyCXAYBi9HU)<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/p>\n<p><h2>Video Transcript:<\/h2><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">In this American English pronunciation video, I\u2019m going to discuss, with my Mom, the pronunciation of WH.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I\u2019ve gotten a couple questions about how do you pronounce words that begin with WH. And I\u2019ve 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\u2019s just say some words.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Okay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&gt;&gt; Whale.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Whale.<br \/>&gt;&gt; White.<br \/>&gt;&gt; White.<br \/>&gt;&gt; What?<br \/>&gt;&gt; What?<br \/>&gt;&gt; Why?<br \/>&gt;&gt; Why?<br \/>&gt;&gt; While.<br \/>&gt;&gt; While.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&gt;&gt; Such a perfect hw. So, either way, totally acceptable. And Mom, you said sometimes you leave off the hw? Like for the word \u2018whether\u2019, you said you don\u2019t do it.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Whether, W-H-E-T-H-E-R, I would say the same as weather.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Whether or not.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Yeah, whether or not, I would say the same as weather, clouds, rain, sleet.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Right.<br \/>&gt;&gt; So, there I don\u2019t say the WH.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Yeah.<br \/>&gt;&gt; So either one is acceptable. Um, in my opinion, why learn another sound, hw, when you don\u2019t have to. Just make it a nice, clean W sound. I also think that the way my Mom says it, white.<br \/>&gt;&gt; White.<br \/>&gt;&gt; \u2026is a little old fashioned. What do you think. Do you agree with that?<br \/>&gt;&gt; No.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Really?<br \/>&gt;&gt; I don\u2019t think it\u2019s old-fashioned.<br \/>&gt;&gt; What do you think it is?<br \/>&gt;&gt; I think it\u2019s the way to say WH.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Oh. Its A way to say WH.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Grammar note: when you say THE way, it means there\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Listen again to THE way and A way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&gt;&gt; What do you think it is?<br \/>&gt;&gt; I think it\u2019s the way to say WH.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Oh. Its A way to say WH.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Okay guys, so that\u2019s my opinion on how to say WH words. If you\u2019re going to say it like me, which is a clean W sound, you just round the lips, ww, and start your word. Thanks, Mom.<br \/>&gt;&gt; You\u2019re welcome, dear.<br \/>&gt;&gt; Alright guys, that\u2019s it, and thanks so much for using Rachel\u2019s English.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"video\"><\/a><strong>Video:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2175-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/60875a31ee079ef966cb-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.r13.cf1.rackcdn.com\/376%20-%20How%20to%20Pronounce%20WH%20Words.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/60875a31ee079ef966cb-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.r13.cf1.rackcdn.com\/376%20-%20How%20to%20Pronounce%20WH%20Words.mp4\">https:\/\/60875a31ee079ef966cb-b7eea9689205a6672fd1aa00be922d89.r13.cf1.rackcdn.com\/376%20-%20How%20to%20Pronounce%20WH%20Words.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you noticed that there are two different ways to pronounce words that begin with &#8216;wh&#8217;? \u00a0I pronounce them one way, and my mother pronounces them another.\u00a0 YouTube blocked? 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