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by bluepeter 92 days ago
Yep. And try "lieutenant" or "herb" on for size. (Edit: I guess "herb" is a bit of a complex one... originally from Latin's "herba" where the H was pronounced, but from UK it came most immediately from French's "herbe" with no H sound. So UK did somehow shortcut back to a more original sound.)
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As a Brit, my understanding of the American pronunciation was from Italian immigrants in the US.
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