Weirdly my elementary-school-age kids were taught in kindergarten that "wh" is a separate sound from "w", and that the received pronunciation is "hw". That's i

Weirdly my elementary-school-age kids were taught in kindergarten that "wh" is a separate sound from "w", and that the received pronunciation is "hw". That's in Seattle, where al of nobody does the "hw" thing. So that was a surprise to find in their little takehome pages. I'm guessing those handouts were first xerox'd 40 years ago...