{"id":35680,"date":"2013-06-13T09:25:51","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T09:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/uncategorized\/herb-how-is-it-pronounced\/"},"modified":"2022-11-18T00:44:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T07:44:29","slug":"herb-how-is-it-pronounced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/articles\/general-topics\/herb-how-is-it-pronounced\/","title":{"rendered":"Herb &#8211; How Is It Pronounced?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The term &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dherbs.com\/store\/herbal-supplements.html\">herb<\/a>&#8221; can be pronounced phonetically as &#8220;<strong>urb<\/strong>&#8221; or &#8220;<strong>hurb<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most people in the world, especially the British, say &#8220;hurb&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, in the United States, we have been taught to say &#8220;<strong>urb<\/strong>&#8220;. While it may be correct to pronounce &#8220;herb&#8221; with a silent &#8220;h&#8221;, it doesn&#8217;t make the other pronunciation wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people have been conditioned to pronounce words one particular way. Rather than trying to understand where the pronunciation of a word comes from, most people believe that there is only one correct way to pronounce a word. Repeatedly hearing the pronunciation of a word makes it seem correct even if its not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for reading!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Herb pronounced as urb is only pronounced this way in the United States; but in other parts of the world, people pronounce the word as herb, as in Herbert. 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