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hwat
The historical pronunciation and an obsolete spelling of What (with the former Wh Digraph, excluding the words who and whom). The reason why it was pronounced like this was because of the fact that in Middle English, a swap of the Anglo-Saxon {hw} to {wh} occurred (it was occasionally spelt as quat), but the older Anglo-Saxon pronunciation stuck for centuries and didn't really die out until the 20th century in most English speaking areas. If a person were to pronounce what as "wat" in the 18th century or before, it would be seen as uneducated speech. However, this notion of thought faded out in the early 1800s. It is indeed the way that Hank Hill says what, something quite rare in the modern times.
The historical pronunciation and an obsolete spelling of What (with the former Wh Digraph, excluding the words who and whom). The reason why it was pronounced like this was because of the fact that in Middle English, a swap of the Anglo-Saxon {hw} to {wh} occurred (it was occasionally spelt as quat), but the older Anglo-Saxon pronunciation stuck for centuries and didn't really die out until the 20th century in most English speaking areas. If a person were to pronounce what as "wat" in the 18th century or before, it would be seen as uneducated speech. However, this notion of thought faded out in the early 1800s. It is indeed the way that Hank Hill says what, something quite rare in the modern times.
An Example from Anglo-Saxon: Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum, þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon.
An Example from Early Middle English: Auh lokeþ þurh hwat reisun. \
An Example from Hank Hill: I'll tell you hwat
An Example from Early Middle English: Auh lokeþ þurh hwat reisun. \
An Example from Hank Hill: I'll tell you hwat
by Flaminghorse November 27, 2017
Get the hwatmug. Tom gave a fimble-famble as a reason for not finishing his homework; he attempted to say that it was eaten by a flying rat.
by Flaminghorse April 10, 2018
Get the Fimble-Famblemug. An upstart; a Victorian Era term for someone who claims or tries to act like a gentleman or a person of high class but lacks the qualities to be considered as such.
When a vulgar, blustering fellow asserts that he is a gentleman, the retort generally is, “Yes, a gentleman of four outs,” that is, without wit, without money, without credit, and without manners.
by Flaminghorse July 30, 2018
Get the Gentleman of Four Outsmug. John found otorhinolaryngologist and açai to be break-teeth words; he attempted to say them right multiple times but he kept failing.
by Flaminghorse April 9, 2018
Get the break-teeth wordsmug. Def 1: Archaic and true German-Based name of Germany, based on the German name (Deutschland).
Def 2: An incorrect name for the Netherlands.
Def 2: An incorrect name for the Netherlands.
Those who are easily tricked will fail to realize that the term "Dutchland" really refers to Germany, and not the Netherlands.
by Flaminghorse August 5, 2017
Get the Dutchlandmug. When someone serves you a meal but gives you nothing to drink whatsoever, much to the annoyance of many people.
When I went to the restaurant the other day, they gave me nothing to drink, even when I asked for water 100 times! What a horse's meal.
by Flaminghorse August 10, 2018
Get the Horse's mealmug. An Ancient Egyptian term (read in Hieroglyphs as 𓈖𓎡𓏏𓏴𓏛 𓇋𓄿𓂧𓏏𓏯𓅪𓏥) used in an insulting manner by characters in Assassin's Creed Origins, including Bayek of Siwa. The subtitles in AC Origins say that it means "piece of s**t;" however, it's actual meaning is "piece of misery." If you were to call someone a neket iadet in Ancient Egypt, you would likely get beaten up, or worse, never heard from again.
by Flaminghorse August 10, 2018
Get the Neket Iadetmug.