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It might be a regional dialect. Growing up in the west coast, I have never heard "her-bal tea", but rather always heard "er-bull tea". Hearing the "h" sound in
by gknoy 13y ago
It might be a regional dialect. Growing up in the west coast, I have never heard "her-bal tea", but rather always heard "er-bull tea". Hearing the "h" sound in "herb" (as I do whenever I hear British (and Australian?) speakers speak) was always very jarring, until I realized that it was just that they pronounce that class of words differently than we do.
It's possible that in the eastern or southern US, they say the H in "herb".
- dublinben 13y agoI'm not aware of any American dialect of English that aspirates the h in "herb."
- Locke1689 13y agohttp://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/drying-herbs-96752.html http://www.foodnetwork.com/videos/drying-herbs-96752.html Whew, that was easy. Next time, try some of the 100 million people living on the east coast.
- ScottBurson 13y agoI listened to that video, and did not hear any aspirated 'h's in 'herb' or 'herbal'. Your snark is rude and uncalled-for.