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 Tr flamebalrog On 2005-04-06 16:51:40, snarkles wrote >Very few words that begin with h(vowel) actually begin with the ä sound. > >honest, honorary, etc. do... but almost every other h-vowel word (hello, halo, hoard, harrassment, holly, horrible, hyrdoplane, etc.) actually pronounces the hard 'h' sound. Those would qualify as "normal" consonant-beginning words, just like "just" and "like." :P > Well, things don't seem to be as simple again [1]... http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutgrammar/hotel?view=uk states : " Americans who drop the 'h' in 'herb' may also prefer to write 'an herb', but in standard British pronunciation the 'h' is sounded, and 'a herb' is therefore correct in writing. " Tell me if I'm right : does this mean we would have to maintain different words lists [2] for American, English (maybe Canadian ?) because they don't pronounce words the same way (i.e. because "h" is sounded by some but not the others) ? Wouldn't a simplified rule be ok ? e.g. 1 : the rule used in a common implementation of the metaphone() function (by Michael Kuhn) which says "H ----> SILENT if after vowel and no vowel follows or after "-ch-", "-sh-", "-ph-", "-th-", "-gh-"" e.g. 2 : the rule used by the New York State Identification and Intelligence System (NYSIIS) Phonetic Encoder which is " 11. if not first character, eliminate all 'H' preceded or followed by a vowel ". ...Well, last but not least : am I going too far ? [1] : for me at least... btw, before you ask : no, contradiction isn't a source of pleasure for daemons ;) [2] : for your "dictionnary" solution Also, though it could be considered as not related to our subject, I've found this on another site and thought I'd share : I Before E, if Taken with Caffeine "I before E Except after C, Unless pronounced A As in 'neighbor' or 'weigh'" Education is forfeit for reinforcing such rules! Sound a feisty reveille while eyeing the schools! Neither will our heirs be agreeing to deceptions Once seeing, herein, these sufficient exceptions: We were seized by a feeling For fleeing on the ceiling To a leisurely meal With Keith, Sheila, and Neil We drank madeira, so foreign, in steins Along with a surfeit of weird blueish wines Being foolish, took codeine, ate ancient proteins Therein guaranteeing these ogreish scenes Wherein we're canoeing to a new sovereign state While deicing a kaleidoscope on a hot jadeite plate And kneeing obeisance to an overseeing king Our plebeian lips kissed his counterfeit ring. Then we unveiled their sleight-of-hand trick Deifying a heifer, with effect atheistic And falling from the heights with a loud seismic crunch We reignited the nonpareils we had heisted for lunch. So I before E Except after C Unless pronounced A? False decreeing, I say! (http://www.videohelp.com/forum/archive/t244285.html) - Is it a feature or a bug ? - Replies:
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