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Word: hweel (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...English. He packed her off to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to drop her "very queer R's" and pick up her elocutionary ABCs. One of his early obiter dictions: "Wot, wich, were, wen. weel, etc. are absolutely incorrect; but the alternatives hwat, hwich, hwere, hwen, and hweel are equally incorrect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Unteachable Molly | 1/2/1961 | See Source »

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