Business of h --II

Prior Ponderings:

Old one: http://blaoism.blogspot.com/2012/11/business-of-h-in-english.html
Dealing with ham: http://blaoism.blogspot.com/2012/06/place-names-ending-with-ham.html
Stress and /h/: http://blaoism.blogspot.com/2010/12/elision-of-h-in-unstressed-syllable.html
Meharg pronunciation: http://blaoism.blogspot.com/2013/01/how-to-pronounce-meharg.html
http://blaoism.blogspot.com/2008/09/h-dropping-before-unstessed-vowel.html

 < vh > = /v:/ 

annihilate > a-NNI-(h)i-late
nihilism > NI-(h)i-lism
vehicle > VE-(h)i-cle
behemoth > BE-(h)e-moth
vehement > VE-(h)e-ment
prohibition > pro-(h)i-BIT-ion
aloha > a-LO-(h)a
Pahlavi > PA(h)L-a-vi
Fahrenheit > FA(h)r-en-heit

< rh >

perhaps > per-HAPS, PR(h)APS
Durham > DUR-(h)am

< lh >

silhouette > sil-(h)OUETTE  > sil-(h)WET

< wh >

 towhee > TOW-(h)ee
Powhatan > pow-(h)e-TAN

< yh >

mayhem > MAY-(h)em

< nh >

inhibition > in-(h)i-BIT-ion
inhalation > in-(h)i-LA-tion
piranha > pi-RAN-(h)a
bonhomie > BON-(h)o-mie
sinhalese > sin-(h)a-LESE
Sanhedrin > SAN-(h)e-drin

< mh >

mho > m(h)o cf. ohm, siemens
Amherst > Am(h)erst, MA


Close syllables: < Ch >

exhalation > ex-(h)a-LA-TION
exhume > e-X(h)UME
exhibit > e-X(h)IB-it
exhort > e-X(h)ORT
exhaust > e-X(h)AUST
exhale > e-X(h)ALE
exhilarate > e-X(h)IL-a-rate