For me it has to be 'Herb'. It's from Latin and is pronounced with the H. I hate it when it's pronounced 'erb', I think this is because when i was at school we were told never to "drop our h's"
It's from Middle English via old French 'erbe' from Latin Herba 'grass, green crop, herb'
So it's perfectly correct to use 'erbe' in French, but not in English.
source: Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 9th Edition
Just wanted to know if there were any other pedantic folks out there! :o)
2006-07-29
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