Herb - Now Aluminum

[Carol]

bboyminn:
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> As to 'Herb' or 'erb', being good little boys and girls we do what
our parents and teachers tell us, and they tell us 'erb', so who are
we to argue, even though I'm sure we would all readily admit, it never
made sense to us.

Carol:
Exactly. "'Oo are we to hargue wif our parents?" as Mundungus might say.

Carol, who thinks that the link between spelling and pronunciation is
mostly wishful thinking on both sides of the Atlantic