hwat

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.

How Hank Hill says the word what.

1. The way Scots and southern people say "what". Actually, it's the original old English pronunciation (that's why it is spelled with a "wh").

2. A typo for "what".

What is written when you type what a little too fast

Hwat is the way Lil' Jon says "what"

Hawt Is just utter confusion

The most acceptable way to express confusion. other similar words include:

Hwy?
Hwow!
Hwo?
Hwen?

I other words only an absolute * Kyle * would know to use the word hwat