[PATCH] few typo fixes to src/en/book/ch07.xml

Ben Collins-Sussman sussman at red-bean.com
Thu May 4 09:51:19 CDT 2006


On 5/4/06, Martin A. Brooks <martin at hinterlands.org> wrote:
> Ben Collins-Sussman wrote:
> >  "An herb" might make sense: due to its silent 'h',
>
> If there's a silent 'h' there, it's an invisible 'h' too :)
>
> Herb is most definitely pronounced with the H intact!

Again, we're talking about American, not British, English.  In the
U.S., the word "herb" is pronounced /urb/, unless it's somebody's
name.   ;-)




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