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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:23 AM Original message |
Poll question: Another Grammar Question: Pronunciation |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
1. I was taught to pronounce it "erb". (My parents aren't English, they |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. It depends on where you're from. |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Yep///Several times I've ask salespeople "Where are the Herbs.. |
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spoony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 10:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. I've gotten that, lol. |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. Here is a better one: can you differentiate pen from pin or ten from tin except by context? |
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Glorfindel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #3 |
10. *heheh* I know what you mean! |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:46 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Yes, the cot/caught is a dialect differential. So is the pronunciation |
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cwydro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:57 AM Original message |
LOL |
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rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 10:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
23. In my neck of the woods |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #3 |
25. The e/i merger before n is also found in parts of the |
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YOY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. I would say with the 'H' |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:31 AM Response to Original message |
5. I pronounce it 'oib' -- standard Brooklynese pronounciation |
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Eurobabe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
8. LOL, my best friend in HS's mom was from Brooklyn |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:40 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. yea I had me a friend in the service, sargent oib |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. I pronounce it Herb |
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Lilith Velkor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. I used to know this weird old guy with that name |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
11. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:49 AM Response to Original message |
13. I get the biggest kick out of how people on the Ohio/Kentucky line |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. This is America, pal |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:51 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Is it pronounced "Herb" in another country? nt |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:57 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. I believe that is the British pronunciation. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 10:58 AM Response to Reply #15 |
26. British Commonwealth. |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 12:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Britons keep the "h" sound? |
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in_cog_ni_to (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
16. erb..silent H as in H-onor...H-onestly...n/t |
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Richard D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
17. I compromise |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
19. My mother was from England - hence Herb. |
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unpossibles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 10:02 AM Response to Original message |
21. do the English also pronounce the 'h' in 'hour'? |
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rock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
22. Diction, not grammar |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 10:59 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Yep...excuse my ignorance. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
28. and basil (the herb) |
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Hugin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
29. 'Huh-erb' |
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Shakespeare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
31. As Eddie Izzard says, it's "herb" because... |
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cmkramer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-15-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
32. I say "erb" |
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