where did the h go from in erb
Mar 3rd 2016, 5:21 pm
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where did the h go from in erb
Hi
well almost 10 yrs here , I still cant find the missing h in herb
gets me every time in timmies
lightly toasted everything bagel with garlic and herb cheese please
you want erb and garlic ?
rant over, steam vented
its time for another glass of jamacian rum me thinks
cheers
jerry
well almost 10 yrs here , I still cant find the missing h in herb
gets me every time in timmies
lightly toasted everything bagel with garlic and herb cheese please
you want erb and garlic ?
rant over, steam vented
its time for another glass of jamacian rum me thinks
cheers
jerry
Mar 3rd 2016, 11:39 pm
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Re: where did the h go from in erb
What would the 'erb be....baysell perhaps?
Mar 3rd 2016, 11:42 pm
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Mar 4th 2016, 6:01 am
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Re: where did the h go from in erb
There's a town in Texas called Humble - pronounced Umble. Honestly!
Mar 4th 2016, 6:06 am
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Re: where did the h go from in erb
Eddie Izzard has the answer.
Mar 4th 2016, 6:16 am
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Re: where did the h go from in erb
English is built from all sorts of diverse influences, some of which mean a change in pronunciation from one group of speakers to the next and an absolute morass of internal inconsistencies.
Spend an honest hour in an historic hotel, eating herbs and haricots with the horrific heir to the vehicle inheritance. Which of those Hs is pronounced, and how many pronounced differently in different countries?
Urban Garlic seems a very small thing to get upset about.
Spend an honest hour in an historic hotel, eating herbs and haricots with the horrific heir to the vehicle inheritance. Which of those Hs is pronounced, and how many pronounced differently in different countries?
Urban Garlic seems a very small thing to get upset about.
Mar 4th 2016, 6:22 am
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Re: where did the h go from in erb
Posh folk don't say hotel they drop the aitch and stay in 'otels.
Mar 4th 2016, 6:41 am
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Re: where did the h go from in erb
When you look at Paris Hilton do you say "aww" or . . . ? Of course you are going to enunciate to make the meaning clear.
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Mar 4th 2016, 8:09 am
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Re: where did the h go from in erb
Where's the 'j' in Parmesan?
Canadians can't say Croissant either. Even the French ones.
...or Quesnel.
Canadians can't say Croissant either. Even the French ones.
...or Quesnel.
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Mar 4th 2016, 8:19 am
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Re: where did the h go from in erb
You lot need to have a look at yourselves. Don't you have meers?
Mar 4th 2016, 9:34 am
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Re: where did the h go from in erb
Blame the French.
