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Erstwhile
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:18 am
by Stargzer
This word shares its ancestry with
ere through Old English and Germanic back to Indo-European
ayer-:
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
erstwhile
SYLLABICATION: erst·while
PRONUNCIATION: ûrst'hwīl', -wīl'
ADVERB: In the past; at a former time; formerly.
ADJECTIVE: Former: our erstwhile companions.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
Bringing to mind our erstwhile Board God from a former forum, Brad Ross-McLeod.
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 10:20 am
by Brazilian dude
I don't know about you guys, but I have a very hard time pronoucing the h in words like white, which, why, and while, that's why I don't, like most people, I think.
Brazilian dude
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:21 pm
by tcward
I pronounce the [hw] when I am singing or acting, but not when I'm just speaking to friends, etc.
-Tim
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 4:26 pm
by Brazilian dude
I didn't know you sang and acted.
Brazilian dude
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 5:41 pm
by Stargzer
I didn't know you sang and acted.
Brazilian dude
For one, there's always the shower, and for two, he didn't say whether that was
acting up or some other form of acting.
Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 6:41 pm
by Brazilian dude
Hahahaha.
Brazilian dude