Proximate Form | Demonstrative Form | Interrogative Form |
---|---|---|
here | there | where |
hither | thither | whither |
hat | that | what |
he | the | whe (*) |
hence | thence | whence |
horn | thorn | worn (**) |
hen | then | when |
his | this | whis (*) |
hack | thack(*) | whack |
hit | thit | whit |
hump | thump | whump |
heir | their | wheir (*) |
herefore | therefore | wherefore |
heretofore | theretofore | wheretofore |
(*) denotes a word which theory indicates should exist but which has not been confirmed by an independent word laboratory.
(**) the ‘h’ was lost during the Algeciras Conference when it rolled under a table at the end of the room and was too much trouble to salvage.
Reference: The Paper: The Life and Death of the New York Herald Tribune, Richard Kluger.