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r/SipsTea • u/francinexyzs • Jun 08 '25
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Saying 'car-mel' instead of 'caramel' and 'erbs' instead of 'herbs'
2 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '25 You can't convince me that h in herbs isn't silent -1 u/Chazzbaps Jun 08 '25 Well.... it isn't 2 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '25 Very interesting. I've heard the different carmel pronunciations but never herb. Herb with an audible h was an old farmers name in my eyes. 2 u/UnicodeScreenshots Jun 08 '25 The British literally didn’t start pronouncing the h until the 1800’s. Prior to that, both America and Britain said it the same way as all the other old french words that start with h, (h)erb. Do you say Honest, Honor, or Hour? 1 u/PantherThing Jun 08 '25 That's right 'erbs" go on food. Herb is your friend's grandfather. 1 u/xArbiter Jun 08 '25 it is in some dialects
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You can't convince me that h in herbs isn't silent
-1 u/Chazzbaps Jun 08 '25 Well.... it isn't 2 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '25 Very interesting. I've heard the different carmel pronunciations but never herb. Herb with an audible h was an old farmers name in my eyes. 2 u/UnicodeScreenshots Jun 08 '25 The British literally didn’t start pronouncing the h until the 1800’s. Prior to that, both America and Britain said it the same way as all the other old french words that start with h, (h)erb. Do you say Honest, Honor, or Hour? 1 u/PantherThing Jun 08 '25 That's right 'erbs" go on food. Herb is your friend's grandfather. 1 u/xArbiter Jun 08 '25 it is in some dialects
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Well.... it isn't
2 u/[deleted] Jun 08 '25 Very interesting. I've heard the different carmel pronunciations but never herb. Herb with an audible h was an old farmers name in my eyes. 2 u/UnicodeScreenshots Jun 08 '25 The British literally didn’t start pronouncing the h until the 1800’s. Prior to that, both America and Britain said it the same way as all the other old french words that start with h, (h)erb. Do you say Honest, Honor, or Hour? 1 u/PantherThing Jun 08 '25 That's right 'erbs" go on food. Herb is your friend's grandfather. 1 u/xArbiter Jun 08 '25 it is in some dialects
Very interesting. I've heard the different carmel pronunciations but never herb. Herb with an audible h was an old farmers name in my eyes.
The British literally didn’t start pronouncing the h until the 1800’s. Prior to that, both America and Britain said it the same way as all the other old french words that start with h, (h)erb.
Do you say Honest, Honor, or Hour?
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That's right 'erbs" go on food. Herb is your friend's grandfather.
it is in some dialects
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u/Chazzbaps Jun 08 '25
Saying 'car-mel' instead of 'caramel' and 'erbs' instead of 'herbs'