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Dodi Schultz
December 13th, 2006, 02:14 PM
>> What about "herbaceous"?

In AmE, John, the "h" is normally pronounced.

--Dodi

Lindsey
December 13th, 2006, 05:17 PM
In AmE, John, the "h" is normally pronounced.
But not always, and "herbaceous" is pronounced both ways in American English. See http://www.bartleby.com/64/C007/0104.html and http://www.bartleby.com/64/C007/099.html#H.

--Lindsey