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| − | This is one of the few words in English in which the '''_wh_ '''phoneme is realised with the sound '_h_'. (Most are sounded with the -'''w_'''. See [[ | + | This is one of the few words in English in which the '''_wh_ ''' [[phoneme]] is realised with the sound '_h_'. (Most are sounded with the -'''w_'''. See [[W - Wh]].) '''whore''' sounds like 'haw', {{SAMPA|hO:r}} or in the North-east of England, Scotland and other places as 'hoor' {{SAMPA|hu:r}}. |
The word was common in Shakespeare's times to mean a prostitute. Nowadays, in colloquial speech, it is an insult used about a woman, usually with a connotation of sexual looseness. | The word was common in Shakespeare's times to mean a prostitute. Nowadays, in colloquial speech, it is an insult used about a woman, usually with a connotation of sexual looseness. | ||
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Revision as of 16:39, 21 June 2007
This is one of the few words in English in which the _wh_ phoneme is realised with the sound '_h_'. (Most are sounded with the -w_. See W - Wh.) whore sounds like 'haw', SAMPA: /hO:r/ or in the North-east of England, Scotland and other places as 'hoor' SAMPA: /hu:r/.
The word was common in Shakespeare's times to mean a prostitute. Nowadays, in colloquial speech, it is an insult used about a woman, usually with a connotation of sexual looseness.
