"Herb" or "Erb"?

[Stixxz]

Herb is the way I say it.

[Strah]

Herb.


Cause who the fuck would name someone herbert?

[Deleted]

Let's be honest... English is spoken in many ways. Even in American, Canada or England.

And Australian English? or is it just the accent?

[eriseis]

How is it closer to to original latin, as the "h" in "herba" is not silent? Actually, they are no silent letters at all in latin.

He probably based that on the fact that in Spanish /h/ is "silent".

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I think saying "erb" sounds like an inbred from the american bible belt (Texas, Alabama etc etc), Herb sounds more delicate and to be honest, more real although the language that is english has lots of weird rules when it comes to silent letters that I am not used to.

Can you explain to me how a guttural sound is more "delicate" than the lack of it?

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I've come to the conclusion that language should be defined by what we do with it, rather than what a dusty old book says.

If the book aims to be a complete guide to language, It's not our job to copy the book. It's the book's job to keep up!

If we never changed how we speak, we'd all be speaking Ænglisc...

Can I give you a hug and some cookies? Best post ever.

There's two facts to consider:
1. English is one of the fastest changing languages in the world.
2. Those of you who are not even native English speakers and are European, while in some cultures a supreme dictatorial book/academy is accepted by the community (e.g. Real Academia Espanola, Academie Francaise) English speaking cultures have opted to not follow this practice as strongly.

[Gingerhunter247]

Erb and I am from the U.S.

[Deleted]

from England as well and never heard 'erb, is it just a northern thing? never heard it in the south.

Same I've never heard 'erb and I've been in the West country, the West Midlands and Wales. Apart from the Irish.

[Deleted]

People from yorkshire basically speak their own language anyway.

No idea what you mean there, below is the Yorkshire anthem about going up to Ilkley Moor without a hat on.

Wheear 'ast tha bin sin' ah saw thee, ah saw thee?

On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at

Wheear 'ast tha bin sin' ah saw thee, ah saw thee?
Wheear 'ast tha bin sin' ah saw thee?

On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at
On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at
On Ilkla Mooar baht 'at

Tha's been a cooartin' Mary Jane

Tha's bahn' to catch thy deeath o` cowd

Then us'll ha' to bury thee

Then t'worms'll come an` eyt thee up

Then t'ducks'll come an` eyt up t'worms

Then us'll go an` eyt up t'ducks

Then us'll all ha' etten thee

That's wheear we get us ooan back

[Deleted]

When I say 'an herb', I say urb. Otherwise, herb

[Ballem]

With the "H" for the name, without it for the plant.

This.

Her-b is weird, but I wouldn't knock it if I heard it. Eye-ther or, eether or.

[Deleted]

Erb, i'm welsh and we tend to have a habit of just randomly deciding letters dont belong in there original places. Although i'm the scummiest of valley welsh and people from other countries tend to have a crazy hard time understanding me.

[xxf2dxx]

Difference is based on where you're from.

British tend to lean towards "hurb", while Americans usually say "erb".

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/herb

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/herb

I sent that bitch links off google. Bitches love links off google.

[Asatru]

We here in America, speak American....and IN the American-Language we pronounce it "Erb"

[BlueGender]

(h)ərb

Pronunciation off the internet. That makes 57% of voters illiterate.

[Dragonwing]

We here in America, speak American....and IN the American-Language we pronounce it "Erb"

Not sure if serious.

Probably not

[Deleted]

I pronounce it "Herb".

Because there's a ****ing 'H' in it.

Love Eddie Izzard. Might not be correct, but I don't care!

[Papalenin]

The spanish in me forces me to ignore any and all H's. So it's 'erb.

[hulkgor]

Herb, without a doubt?

[Agent Mercury]

Herb with an H sound is the male name.

Herb(urb) With the H silent is the plant.

They have 2 different meanings, and are essentially 2 different words.

Good thought but both are correct. Depending on where you are at.

[Creutzfeldt]

American here, so "erb". American English borrows some pronunciations of words from French while keeping the English spelling.

[Agent Mercury]

We here in America, speak American....and IN the American-Language we pronounce it "Erb"

Actually you speak American-English. America doesn't have their own language as much as they want one. You only have a dialect. (I live in America.)