FFlores wrote:
> > Incidentally, I read that "forehead" was once pronounced something like
> > /forId/, with the h being re-introduced.
>
> That's how I was taught also! It seemed very strange to me at first,
> until I got accustomed. Now you tell me it's wrong again? :)
I say /forhId/ or /forhEd/ (/I/ and /E/ tend to alternate in some words
like "head" and "bed" in my idiolect). I thought that's how most people
said it?
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