[jonfriese33]

> It is from French after all.

This is funny to me because I often see people on the internet mentioning how strange it is that Americans leave off the 'h' when pronouncing 'herb'.

[mr_toad]

Kind of weird considering how often British speakers will drop h in other words:

“Allo, allo, what ave we ere,” said the stereotypical constable.

[NeedMoreTea]

It is fairly unusual for American not to Anglicise pronunciations so it seems to stand as odd one out. Then again you kept the original "correct" pronunciation of herb - it was British English that changed for some reason.

Even the poshest Brit will put the H in herb now.

[umanwizard]

> It is fairly unusual for American not to Anglicise pronunciations

Anecdotal, but I think this is only true for French. For example, I think U.S. Americans (even those with no Latin American ethnic background) are much more likely to pronounce Spanish loanwords in a way that's closer to the original than Brits are.

If my anecdotal belief is correct, I suppose it's largely because of the very close contact between the U.K. and France on the one hand, and the U.S. and Latin America on the other.

[irrational]

Wait, some people pronounce herb with the 'h' not silent?

[bencoder]

British: https://youglish.com/search/herb/uk?

[jeanmichelx]

Funnily enough the result I got is completely irrelevant: the sentence is "welcome her back to stage".

[Itai_]

The sentence does make sense. Its actually:

"so please welcome Herb Kim back to stage."

[jonfriese33]

Yeah, British people. Not sure about other English speaking nations.

[2038AD]

To add to the irony, I have a British accent which often drops (initial) Hs but I cringe whenever I hear 'erbal'.