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lemmygarden@lemmy.today to Shitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days ago

how do British people pronounce the word "heir"?

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how do British people pronounce the word "heir"?

lemmygarden@lemmy.today to Shitty Ask Lemmy@lemmy.ml · 2 days ago
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  • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Air. Like the stuff you breath to live.

    • lemmygarden@lemmy.todayOP
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      2 days ago

      So they pronounce the h in herbs but not in heirs

      • TraipsersWill@lemmy.world
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        1 day ago

        No ‘h’ in herbs or heirs. “Try some ‘erbs in th’ shampoo fer yer 'eirs hairs.”

      • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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        Depends on the area, I have heard it pronounced erbs.

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          Is that because they watched American cinema?

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            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.

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