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Curtis, no offense but herbs is pronounced erbs, the h is silent. Each time you said "Herbs" like a group of men named Herb, my hair stood up on my shoulders (since I am mostly bald; HA HA! Wouldn't the wrapping of the "erbs" in moist paper towel cause a mold problem? Leaving the paper on the meat and cheeses drys them out unless it is waxed paper.

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No offense to you, but either pronunciation is acceptable in American English.  In Britain, however, only the dead common people drop the "H".

I'd agree with you, but then we'd both be wrong.

The word herb, which can be pronounced with or without the (h), is one of a number of words borrowed into English from French. The (h) sound had been lost in Latin and was not pronounced in French or the other Romance languages, which are descended from Latin, although it was retained in the spelling of some words. In both Old and Middle English, however, h was generally pronounced, as in the native English words happy and hot. Through the influence of spelling, then, the h came to be pronounced in most words borrowed from French, such as haste and hostel. In a few other words borrowed from French the h has remained silent, as in honor, honest, hour, and heir. And in another small group of French loan words, including herb, humble, human, and humor, the h may or may not be pronounced depending on the dialect of English. In British English, herb and its derivatives, such as herbaceous, herbal, herbicide, and herbivore, are pronounced with h. In American English, herb and herbal are more often pronounced without the h, while the opposite is true of herbaceous, herbicide, and herbivore, which are more often pronounced with the h.

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