[Savage Beast]

What you say is most enlightening, but I can't understand why the contemporary "wh" sound shouldn't be spelled "hw" inasmuch as that's how we pronounce it; isn't it?

I say let's start spelling “who, what, where, when, why” "hwo, hwat, hwere, hwen, hwy". Or have I missed something? Maybe I just don't know how to talk correctly. Should I be saying "w hoo, w hat, w here" for example?

[Swordmaker]

I say let's start spelling “who, what, where, when, why” "hwo, hwat, hwere, hwen, hwy". Or have I missed something? Maybe I just don't know how to talk correctly. Should I be saying "w hoo, w hat, w here" for example?

Good question…

There are those that hold that the “W” is obsolete. . . And should be deleted from the alphabet along with “Q” and “Q” as their usage can be handled by other letters. “W” can be supplanted by going back to a single “U” where necessary. “Uher” for “Where” dropping the silent “e” as well. . . And probably spelling it “Uhar”, using the “a” for what used to be the “e”. I’ve actually seen that suggested as part of “simplification” of English spelling and pronunciation.