Re: USAGE: writ [was Re: Here, *Here*, and There, *Ther

Ray Brown wrote ( /wro:t/ :) )

>In my 63 and a bit years I've _never_ heard the initial sound of >'writ',
>'write', 'wrong' etc pronounced /wr/. I thought that >pronunciation had died
>out in English a few centuries ago. In what >neck of the woods does agricola
>live?
Same place as always: a little way outside Washington.

Though, apparently a few centuries behind!

Padraic.

>Ray.