How do you pronounce whats?

The recorded pronunciation is /wəts/.

whats

/wəts/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

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"Shall I continue this reproaching style, quote all the whats and whys out of Jeremiah's Lamentations, and then present you with some outlines of Job for consolation?"
"When learning about people and their circumstances, some tend to form generalizations surrounding the whats and wherefores of the people."
"Now see if you can describe the whys behind some of your whats. In other words, write about why you look the way you do in terms of how you wear your hair or the kind of clothes you wear."

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