"Bruce" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 31 Jul 2015 15:20:44 +0100, "Ophelia" >
> wrote:
>
>>"Cindy Hamilton" wrote in message
...
>>
>>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"?
>>
>>=======================
>>
>>)
>>
>>We do have some words where the 'h' is silent, ie honour, but herb is not
>>one of them)
>
> Maybe because words like 'honour' come from French and the French
> never pronounce an 'h'.

That could be it!!


--
http://www.helpforheroes.org.uk/shop/