It's "Hammie", not "Ammie"

Language Log 2023-01-17

Summary:

"Baby Blues" by Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott for January 16, 2023: (source) Selected readings "A shibboleth of gentility: [h] from William Shakespeare to Henry Higgins" (3/1/04) "John Wells on the pronunciation of the letter H" (6/23/12) [Thanks to Kent McKeever]

Link:

https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=57689&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=its-hammie-not-ammie

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

01/17/2023, 02:35

Date published:

01/17/2023, 01:24