Tuesday, January 18, 2022

\ ɜrb \ or \ hɜrb \ ?

Do you pronounce the "h" in "herb" or not? Here's what's up with all that.

I once had a British coworker who said the Brits pronounce it \hɜrb\ "because there's a bloody 'h' in it." I guess that made him a very hhhhonest, hhhhonorable man.



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