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Thanks to simbosan for the idea
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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I read a long discussion of this a while agoherb is from Old French, yeah. So the argument went something like:
It's from old French and H is not pronounced in French, so should be /erb/
countered with:
Yes, but in Old French, 'h' was still pronounced, so /herb/ is correct.
However, it seems that the /herb/ pronunciation is relatively recent (19th C) in British Englishes. So it appears to fall into the same basket as Fall/Autumn ie something that the Americans have kept that the English have changed.
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Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Sun 11 Apr 2010, 4:43,
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