It’s the wine-whine merger. From the Mary Tyler Moore Show episode “The System” (January 11, 1975). Mary wonders why Lou bets on football games:
“I just wondered why you put yourself through this agony week after wheek.”Odd to find a /hwēk/ where there’s no wh. I think it’s meant to add emphasis.
You can hear the merger here.
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Is this the episode where Mary wins the pool because of things like, " A bear versus a dog? Of course thebear wins!" And Lou et al are aghast....?
It doesn’t ring a bell, but you can see the whole episode at YouTube. (Just go back from where the link starts.)
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