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[Tye The Czar]

South Park Reference?

 

[Aleh]

Holy shit despite having seen most of these before I can't stop laughing lmao

 

[Anteo]

South Park Reference?

Nah.. just cats being cats. Mine sleeps on my bed too

 

[MadJackChurchill]

The h is silent. A/an I usually used as a phonetic rule as opposed to a written rule.

It ain't tho.

 

[Xenoblade]

In American English the h in herb is silent. I know in England they pronounce the H tho.

Putting an 'an' in front of 'herb' breaks the rule that 'an' always precedes a word starting with a vowel. This is proof that the 'h' in 'herb' should not be silent.

 

[dragonlife]

Putting an 'an' in front of 'herb' breaks the rule that 'an' always precedes a word starting with a vowel. This is proof that the 'h' in 'herb' should not be silent.

The rule for "an" is for words that begin with vowel sounds.

American herb has an "e" (more like "u") sound. We definitely don't say hurrb, thus "'An' herb."

This is why you say, for example, "'A' eugenicist" and not "'An' eugenicist," even though "eugenicist" clearly begins with a vowel. It's pronounced with "y/u." Same for "'An' honor," since honor starts with an "o" sound, etc. It also applies to acronyms, like NBA. "He's 'an' NBA superstar" as opposed to "He's 'a' NBA superstar," because NBA starts with an "e" sound, despite it starting with an "n." Hey! "An 'n'."

 

[KojiKnight]

It ain't tho.

Game takes place in fictional Hawaii, where it's pronounced without the H.

 

[neoimp]

 

[B-Genius]

Hahaha! Understandable.

One of my faves from ORAS:

Jeez kid. Go watch a cartoon or something.