2007-06-27 01:23:14 · 8 answers · asked by Grinning Football plinny younger 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
Yes mine didn't but 'is it' is not a questioning word it is a phrase - I suppose I could have put Why do questioning words begin with Wh - and how many (apart from how) can you list that don't.
2007-06-27 06:28:55 · update #1
No, these words have their roots in old / medieval english, old germanic, and Goth languages. ironicallly their roots are / include:
Where: wher hwār hvar
What: hwæt, hvat, hwa
Why: hwī, hwy
so that many of them started with an 'h', often followed by a 'w', instead of their present form.
2007-06-27 01:50:50 · answer #1 · answered by sicoll007 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The words came over with Anglo-Saxons and the German words all start with W as well.
Why - Warum
What - Was
When - Wenn
Where - Wo
How - Wie
Who - Wer
Which - Welche
2007-06-27 02:15:40 · answer #2 · answered by halifaxed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. Certain sounds conjure up certain emotions, moods or feelings. For example, the "comedy K" is a reasonably well-known phenomenon.
2007-06-27 01:26:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I think that the wh sound is ment to be questioning. English is a stupid language.
2007-06-27 01:26:38 · answer #4 · answered by Mini Karonline 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes
2007-06-27 02:03:49 · answer #5 · answered by Manz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO,but yours didnt
2007-06-27 05:16:16 · answer #6 · answered by suze 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How?
2007-06-27 01:25:03 · answer #7 · answered by kja63 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yours didn't
2007-06-27 01:35:57 · answer #8 · answered by willow 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋