Ophelia wrote:
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> "Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
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> On Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 5:16:13 PM UTC-4, Sal Paradise wrote:
> > On 7/30/2015 3:12 PM, Bruce wrote:
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> > > Isn't cilantro a herb?
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> > The proper pronoun is "an" herb...
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> > a's and h's doncha know...
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> Do you say "an horse"?
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> We do have some words where the 'h' is silent, ie honour, but herb is not
> one of them)

Really? In the USA, Herb the name of some guy is pronouced with an H.
The plant has a silent H...as in erb.