On Sunday, August 2, 2015 at 1:02:07 PM UTC-4, graham wrote:
> On 02/08/2015 10:35 AM, barbie gee wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Sat, 1 Aug 2015, sf wrote:
> >
> >> On Sat, 01 Aug 2015 09:23:47 -0400, Gary > wrote:
> >>
> >>> Janet wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Only the USA speaks of an erb.
> >>>>
> >>>> Outside of the USA, English speakers aspirate the H in herb,
> >>>> so they say a herb, just like a horse, a hospital etc.
> >>>
> >>> Really? Interesting. I always though worldwide was:
> >>>
> >>> - herb the spice was pronounced erb
> >>> - herb the name was pronounced herb.
> >>
> >> The Brits don't prescribe to that.
> >
> > Where I'm from, it's "an herb", "an hour", anytime the" H" isn't sounded
> > "hard" like in "horse", or ha ha. otherwise it's A home, a hospital, a
> > humidor. or maybe it's always "an" when written before an "h" word? O h
> > hell, someone help me out here....
>
> No, it's "a herb".

You must never have heard an American say "an 'erb" like Eliza Doolittle.


Cindy Hamilton