How to Pronounce WH Words what why which American English

In this American English pronunciation video,
I’m going to discuss, with my Mom, the pronunciation

of WH.

I’ve gotten a couple questions about how
do you pronounce words that begin with WH.

And I’ve brought my Mom here because she
pronounces it differently than I do. She does

the perfect, in my opinion, old fashioned,
hw sound before the W. Whereas, I just make

a clean W sound. So, for example, let’s
just say some words.

Okay.

Whale.
Whale.

White.
White.

What?
What?

Why?
Why?

While.
While.

Such a perfect hw. So, either way, totally
acceptable. And Mom, you said sometimes you

leave off the hw? Like for the word ‘whether’,
you said you don’t do it.

Whether, W-H-E-T-H-E-R, I would say the
same as weather.

Whether or not.
Yeah, whether or not, I would say the same

as weather, clouds, rain, sleet.

Right.

So, there I don’t say the WH.
Yeah.

So either one is acceptable. Um, in my
opinion, why learn another sound, hw, when

you don’t have to. Just make it a nice,
clean W sound. I also think that the way my

Mom says it, white.

White.

…is a little old fashioned. What do
you think. Do you agree with that?

No.
Really?

I don’t think it’s old-fashioned.
What do you think it is?

I think it’s the way to say WH.
Oh. Its A way to say WH.

Grammar note: when you say THE way, it means
there’s only one way. When you say A way,

it means there is more than one way. Mom thinks
her way is the only way, the right way,

but I know that both are acceptable pronunciations.

Listen again to THE way and A way.

What do you think it is?
I think it’s the way to say WH.

Oh. Its A way to say WH.
Okay guys, so that’s my opinion on how

to say WH words. If you’re going to say
it like me, which is a clean W sound, you

just round the lips, ww, and start your word.
Thanks, Mom.

You’re welcome, dear.
Alright guys, that’s it, and thanks so

much for using Rachel’s English.