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how do British people pronounce the word "heir"?
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lemmygarden lemmy.today lemmygarden@lemmy.today
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erusuoyera sh.itjust.works erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-06-11
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"Par" as in parasol, "A" as in a apple, "Site" as in bomb site.
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YappyMonotheist lemmy.world ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-04-26
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erusuoyera wrote:
"Par" as in parasol, "A" as in a apple, "Site" as in bomb site.

Hehe. 👏
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slazer2au lemmy.world slazer2au@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
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Air. Like the stuff you breath to live.
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lemmygarden lemmy.today lemmygarden@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-07-29
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slazer2au wrote:
Air. Like the stuff you breath to live.

So they pronounce the h in herbs but not in heirs
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slazer2au lemmy.world slazer2au@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-30
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lemmygarden wrote:
So they pronounce the h in herbs but not in heirs

Depends on the area, I have heard it pronounced erbs.
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lemmygarden lemmy.today lemmygarden@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-07-29
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erusuoyera wrote:
"Par" as in parasol, "A" as in a apple, "Site" as in bomb site.

Ok
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lemmygarden lemmy.today lemmygarden@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-07-29
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slazer2au wrote:
Depends on the area, I have heard it pronounced erbs.

Is that because they watched American cinema?
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folaht lemmy.ml folaht@lemmy.ml
Joined: 2023-09-01
#9 · (edited) Quote Reply

By blowing on an announcer trumpet.
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TraipsersWill lemmy.world TraipsersWill@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-14
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lemmygarden wrote:
So they pronounce the h in herbs but not in heirs

No 'h' in herbs or heirs. "Try some 'erbs in th' shampoo fer yer 'eirs hairs."
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lemmygarden lemmy.today lemmygarden@lemmy.today
Joined: 2026-07-29
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So they pronounce the h in hair?
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OryxAndCake slrpnk.net OryxAndCake@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2026-01-26
#12 · Quote Reply

Like the word 'air'.
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OryxAndCake slrpnk.net OryxAndCake@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2026-01-26
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lemmygarden wrote:
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.
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