清音的w和在单词where等词中浊音的w共存了一段时间。
Devoiced and voiced w- in where and so forth coexisted for a long time.
显然，正是由于这个清音化，“whispered”中的w在中古英语的文书中，受到法语的影响，发明了拼写wh-。
Apparently, it was this devoiced, “whispered” w for which Middle English scribes, under French influence, invented the spelling wh-.
比如，利物浦人往往会在字母“t”结尾的字上添加一个清音（气息音）“h”音，因而对“what”,“that”和“but”等单词赋予了他们特色的音调。
For example, Liverpudlians tend to add a breathy “h” sound to words that end with a “t”, lending their distinctive intonation to “what”, “that” and “but”.
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