Herb (Was Re: Harry and Hairy - The Difference.)

[Goddlefrood]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Belinda" <bhobbs36 at ...> wrote:
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> and irritate
> irritating
> irritated
> irritation

Goddlefrood:

Irrigate, iridium, etc.

Anyway, what I'd like to know from our Amewrican friends is why on 
earth do you not pronounce the h in herb.

I've wondered this for the past 16 years and seek enlightenment.