Jul 7, 2025

Why don’t Americans pronounce herb with an /h/?

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polistra

Jul 7

Etymological respelling. I've seen it but didn't know there was a term for it. Now I know!

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Daniel W. Hieber, Ph.D.

Jul 7

Yeah super handy once you learn to recognize them!

I am team /h/erb with /h/.

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