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Why do some people say "whipped" like "hwipped"?

Asked by TheOnlyException (2182points) April 2nd, 2010

And some people don’t?
Like words with ‘wh’ at the beginning, some people kind of breathe a ‘h’ before the w.
Like whip would be
“hwip”
and whetstone would be
“hwetstone”

etc. It seems to me just a solid ‘w’ would be easier to say, so where has thiks little speech quirk come from? I find it quite interesting actually but where has it originated? Do you do it?

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