lemmygarden@lemmy.today to Shitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agohow do British people pronounce the word "heir"?message-squaremessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squarehow do British people pronounce the word "heir"?lemmygarden@lemmy.today to Shitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squarelemmygarden@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoSo they pronounce the h in herbs but not in heirs
minus-squareslazer2au@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoDepends on the area, I have heard it pronounced erbs.
minus-squarelemmygarden@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoIs that because they watched American cinema?
minus-squareOryxAndCake@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoNo, we just have a lot of accents. Plenty of up north and midlands folk would pronounce it ‘erbs’ and some working class London accents would too.
minus-squareTraipsersWill@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoNo ‘h’ in herbs or heirs. “Try some ‘erbs in th’ shampoo fer yer 'eirs hairs.”
So they pronounce the h in herbs but not in heirs
Depends on the area, I have heard it pronounced erbs.
Is that because they watched American cinema?
No, we just have a lot of accents. Plenty of up north and midlands folk would pronounce it ‘erbs’ and some working class London accents would too.
No ‘h’ in herbs or heirs. “Try some ‘erbs in th’ shampoo fer yer 'eirs hairs.”