Date: Wednesday, 28 June 2006 21:26 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] muckefuck.livejournal.com
'Cept the South is the last bastion of the wh/w distinction in the USA. There are people down there who can't believe how sloppy folk are who pronounce whale and wail like wail.

Date: Thursday, 29 June 2006 01:29 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nyssa.livejournal.com
Very true, I do pronounce the "wh" in whale, as do many other people I know. :)

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