How do you pronounce WI?
Do you pronounce the L in Milwaukee?
You‘ve heard that line from Wayne’s World; Alice Cooper tells Wayne, “Actually, it’s pronounced “mill-e-wah-que” which is Algonquin for “the good land.” That’s about 98% correct. Just don’t pronounce Milwaukee that way.
How do you pronounce the word Minnesota?
Is the H silent in human?
H is silent in many English words, for various reasons. Not all such words that have come into English from French still have a silent h, however. Over the centuries we have come to pronounce the h in words like horrible, hospital, host, human, and humour.