Timeline for What words are commonly mispronounced by literate people who read them before they heard them?
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| Jun 7, 2011 at 22:27 | comment | added | John Gietzen | In the central US, this is certainly pronounced erb-i-vore more often that herb-i-vore, tho both are frequent. | |
| May 25, 2011 at 13:13 | comment | added | Kaz Dragon | British English always pronounces the H on herb. | |
| Apr 6, 2011 at 20:57 | comment | added | Ron Porter | I've pretty much given up on words that start with 'h'. I was taught in school a million years ago that 'hour' and 'honest' were exceptions to the general rule of sounding the 'h', except in Britain, where leading 'h' was rarely sounded. Fast forward 50 years and now I've got people telling me I'm pronouncing these things incorrectly. | |
| Jan 17, 2011 at 17:19 | comment | added | Jon Purdy | @Rhodri: Right, General American has it with silent /h/ in all but a few rather urban accents. | |
| S Dec 3, 2010 at 20:39 | history | answered | Kam6761 | CC BY-SA 2.5 | |
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