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

[sistermagpie]

> 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.

Magpie:
I'm going to go out on a limb and say it's for the same reason we have 
a lot of the pronounciations we do--because that's the way all of us 
used to say it--we still use it, y'all don't. It came from the French 
and used to be pronounced with the dropped 'h' in the UK too. Then you 
guys played around and added the h after we were stranded over here 
with our "gottens" and "Fall." :-D  

-m (who heard a great, similar explanation for the different ways in 
which we use forks--and hopes it's true.)