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From: preece@uicsl.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Pronounciation - (nf)
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Date: Thu, 1-Sep-83 23:42:04 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  1 23:42:04 1983
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uicsl!preece    Sep  1 08:02:00 1983

But we don't drop the h on 'herb' out of sloppiness (prof Higgins's
complaint), we drop it because it comes from the French and they
don't pronounce the h.