Paw - /pɔː/

[TeacherMarco]

paw - /pɔː/ Help me to understand it. Why in the transcription of the word "paw" the letter "W" does not appear?

Thanks.

 

[birdeen's call]

It doesn't appear because it's not there. The letter "w" is present for historical reasons but it's not pronounced.

Take a look at the fifth row in the following table.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonological_history_of_English#History_of_Middle_English_diphthongs