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HelpRe: Hadrian or Adrian?
in reply to a message by Serafina Starstrider
Can't remember who wrote it - my Latin is far in the past! - but there's a cheeky poem, possibly by Catullus, about someone from the provinces who caused amusement in Rome by pronouncing the H in, for instance, the Hadriatic Sea!
What's going on in modern US English? Is it only herb that turns into erb, or are other words starting with H doing the same? I seem to have heard others on CNN, but can't be sure.
What's going on in modern US English? Is it only herb that turns into erb, or are other words starting with H doing the same? I seem to have heard others on CNN, but can't be sure.
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Just the usual - honor (honest honorary), homage, heir, hour. And human, humility - in certain American accents.
Occasionally you hear an hotel, an hospital - but I have not noticed that increasing.
Occasionally you hear an hotel, an hospital - but I have not noticed that increasing.
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guessing 'huge' is on that list too for some areas?
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lol yes! Yooge.
*sigh*
how could I forget
*sigh*
how could I forget
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Lol!
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during science lessons in fifth grade, my teacher would say "an hypothesis"... >.
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Did the teacher pronounce the H? I've heard people say "an" and then pronounce the H, too. Silliness.
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yeah, she did. I never liked her anyway. lol
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