Bad news - cilantro
On 31/07/2015 11:50 PM, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 03:30:52 -0700 (PDT), Cindy Hamilton
> > wrote:
>
>> On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 5:16:13 PM UTC-4, Sal Paradise wrote:
>>> On 7/30/2015 3:12 PM, Bruce wrote:
>>
>>>> Isn't cilantro a herb?
>>>
>>> The proper pronoun is "an" herb...
>>>
>>> a's and h's doncha know...
>>
>> Do you say "an horse"?
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
> Do you pronounce it Horse or Orse?
>
In certain parts of the world where the "H" is routinely dropped in
speech, it most certainly can be pronounced "orse".
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