Reply to post: Re: an herb

Why does herbal cough syrup work so well? It may be full of morphine

KeithR

Re: an herb

"pronouncing the h in front of words like herb and hotel is just simple pretension"

No, it's ENGLISH.

Seriously - try it. We invented it. It's great.

(In the Victorian era, the word was pronounced "'erb". but - y'know - well over a hundred years ago...)

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