wh
This combination of letters has some eccentric rules.
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In words such as who the W is silent and the word gets pronounced as Hu.
In the word whole the W is also silent, and it gets pronounced as hole.
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In what, where, when, why, wheat, whence, whack, whim, white, wheel,
whine, whip, whet, whit and others the H is silent. Thus whine gets pronounced
exactly as wine, whet as wet, whit as wit, wheel as weal, whence as wince, whey
as way and so forth.
qu
This combination of letters has some quixotic pronunciations.
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In quick, question, quail, quarrel, quest, quell, quit, quiet, and many others
qu gets pronounced as KW.
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But queue gets pronounced the same as cue and quay as key. Don't ask why. Also
some new words with Q now leave off the U after the Q.
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