Post #4867

#TIL the digraph ⟨wh⟩ in English was traditionally pronounced as /hw/ instead of the modern /w/, which explains why Japanese transcribes “white” as “ホワイト” (howaito). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation_of_English_%E2%9F%A8wh%E2%9F%A9 🐦