another query

[Wilson Gray]

My experience is the similar to A's. I finally was converted after I
was struck from my high horse by Jimi Hendrix's use of "'erb."

-Wilson

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:36 PM, sagehen <sagehen at westelcom.com> wrote:
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>  on 4/25/08 9:30 AM, Laurence Horn at laurence.horn at YALE.EDU wrote:
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>  > Not on hypercorrection this time, much less gender, but on the
>  > history of "herbs" in America.  A colleague was asked:
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>  >
>  >> In the phrase "With sudden greens and herbage crown'd," how would
>  >> "herbage" have been pronounced in 18th century Boston?  More
>  >> specifically, would the "h" have been pronounced?
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>  >
>  > He couldn't answer reliably; nor can I (although we'd each have a
>  > 50-50 chance of getting it right). Anyone else?
>  >
>  > Thanks,
>  > LH
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>  I grew up with the "h,"  but I can't say with certainty that my
>  contemporaries in NE in the '30s  spoke as I did.  My pron. came from both
>  parents.  Moving to the West Coast in the late '40s  & elsewhere around the
>  country thereafter I realized that most people said "'erb" nearly
>  everywhere.  Up here in this border country where Canadian radio & tv are
>  most of what we hear, I notice that "herb" seems to be standard in Canada.
>  AM
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