When someone from Britain speaks, Americans hear a "British accent"...

[Michael Hoffman]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:

> Herb starts with H, not E. It isn't "ouse" or "ospital" or "istory". It
> isn't "erb" either. You just sound like tossers when you try to pronounce
> herb in the original French. And the same with homage.

Strangely enough there are Brits who pronounce "hotel" without an H at 
the beginning. And even those who pronounce it with an H sometimes say 
"an hotel" rather than "a hotel" because it used to be pronounced 
starting with the vowel!

Similarly, the Brits should note that "idea" does not end in an "r" and 
that "Eleanor" does.
-- 
Michael Hoffman