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Help[Facts] Re: Mahwish or Mahwush
in reply to a message by Mehwish S.
Oml same like Exactly the same but may I wish is kinda interesting I always though that I preferred the westerners to say mahwish when it is spelt like that but my name at home is pronounce as mehwish but it’s written as mahwish which is very confusing but yeh I love my name
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It's natural for the following /i/ to force the preceding a to be pronounced as /æ/ or /e/ in a process known as levelling. the alternate Mahwush may be pronounced Mohwush or Muhwush for the same reason. In such cases where the spelling doesn't change even though the pronunciation does in certain situations, we would say that /a/ and /e/ are allophones.
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