[HPFGU-OTChatter] Herb (Was Re: Harry and Hairy - The Difference.)

[Janette]

>
> Carol responds:
> I'm guessing that Americans retained the older pronunciation of "herb"
> as "erb," which was current when, say, my Pilgrim ancestor and/or my
> Salem witch ancestor arrived in America. (BTW, we *do* pronounce the
> "h" in the *name* "Herb" and in its longer form, "Herbert." And, of
> course, we pronounce the "h" in "Harry.")


montims:
OK - why is the th in Anthony pronounced "th", where Thomas is pronounced
"t"?  You can't imagine how strange it is for a Brit to hear Americans
talking about AnTHony Hopkins...  Oh yes, and Bernard is prounced berNARD,
where Leonard is pronounced LEnnud, and leopard as LEpud.  In England, a St
Bernard dog is BERnud...


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]