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[alt.usage.english] Re: "h"-pronunciation after "w" considered substandard?
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From: "Mark Barton" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: "h"-pronunciation after "w" considered substandard?
Date: 4 Oct 97 19:30:12 +0000
On Sat, 4 Oct 1997 22:00, Brian J Goggin <mailto:[email protected]> wrote:
>On Sat, 04 Oct 1997 21:38:57 +0100, Mike Page
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>[...]
>
>>> I've seen a version called the 6 Ws:
>>>
>>> who
>>> what
>>> where
>>> when
>>> why
>>> how.
>>>
>>> bjg
>>From Kipling: I have six honest serving men they taught me all I knew
>>followed by the above list, but in a different order.
>>
>The six items themselves were familiar; I found it surprising that
>they were called "6 Ws", when one began with an "H".
You might prefer the 4 Fs of ethology (the study of animal behaviour):
feeding, fighting, fleeing and sexual intercourse.
Cheers,
Mark B.
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