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[Opinions] Re: Hadrian or Adrian?
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.
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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.
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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
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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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