7 нояб. 2021 г. · British people say “Zeh-bras” not “Zee-bras” or “Zed-bras”. Source: one of my parents is British.

20 мая 2020 г. · So I was talking to a British person and they said herb like I expect to hear it in the UK, with the h sound at the beginning.

30 июл. 2022 г. · Typically, in the US, you would say “an herb” as the “h” is silent, whereas British have the H and thus say “a herb.”

7 нояб. 2023 г. · According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the Brits said herb with a silent H right up until some time in the 19th century.

15 июл. 2023 г. · Other words like honor and hour still have the silent h. And some local British accents that are considered low class still drop all their h's.

15 нояб. 2024 г. · We don't pronounce the "h" in "herbal"/"herb". No, it makes no sense. Edit: "Herb" with the "h" pronounced is perfectly fine in British English ...

27 дек. 2017 г. · TIL the 'H' in 'Herb' is silent only in America, so Brits will say 'a herb', where Americans say 'an herb'

10 июл. 2020 г. · Most Americans only pronounce the "h" when "Herb" is used as a name. If using "herb" in the culinary sense Americans don't pronounce the "h".

6 мар. 2021 г. · All of the US pronounces it "erb". This is because the UK pronounced it as such at the time of our independence and we retained the older ...

23 мар. 2022 г. · The word herb was borrowed from the French. Americans tend to pronounce it the French way, with a silent H. The British tend to pronounce the H.