O ostap77 Key Member Joined Sep 9, 2010 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Ukrainian Home Country Ukraine Current Location Ukraine Nov 6, 2010 #1 My Webster gives two options of the pronunciation of "humble" with and without "h". How do you pronounce it?
My Webster gives two options of the pronunciation of "humble" with and without "h". How do you pronounce it?
lauralie2 Senior Member Joined Dec 20, 2009 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language English Home Country Canada Current Location China Nov 6, 2010 #2 With "h", [h]umble.
5jj Moderator Staff member Joined Oct 14, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country Czech Republic Current Location Czech Republic Nov 6, 2010 #3 Also in BrE
lauralie2 Senior Member Joined Dec 20, 2009 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language English Home Country Canada Current Location China Nov 6, 2010 #4 fivejedjon said: Also in BrE Click to expand... Which dialects? :-D
O ostap77 Key Member Thread starter Joined Sep 9, 2010 Member Type Student or Learner Native Language Ukrainian Home Country Ukraine Current Location Ukraine Nov 6, 2010 #5 lauralie2 said: Which dialects? :-D Click to expand... You put "h" in brackets. So that would mean you don't pronounce it?
lauralie2 said: Which dialects? :-D Click to expand... You put "h" in brackets. So that would mean you don't pronounce it?
5jj Moderator Staff member Joined Oct 14, 2010 Member Type English Teacher Native Language British English Home Country Czech Republic Current Location Czech Republic Nov 6, 2010 #6 lauralie2 said: Which dialects? :-D Click to expand... All of them, as far as I know, though in most the h may be dropped in what is usually considered to be 'uneducated' speech.
lauralie2 said: Which dialects? :-D Click to expand... All of them, as far as I know, though in most the h may be dropped in what is usually considered to be 'uneducated' speech.
lauralie2 Senior Member Joined Dec 20, 2009 Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language English Home Country Canada Current Location China Nov 6, 2010 #7 ostap77 said: You put "h" in brackets. So that would mean you don't pronounce it? Click to expand... Phonetic transcriptions are given within square brackets [...]. Yes, I pronounce the "h" in humble. :-D
ostap77 said: You put "h" in brackets. So that would mean you don't pronounce it? Click to expand... Phonetic transcriptions are given within square brackets [...]. Yes, I pronounce the "h" in humble. :-D
BobK Moderator Staff member Joined Jul 29, 2006 Location Spencers Wood, near Reading, UK Member Type Retired English Teacher Native Language English Home Country UK Current Location UK Nov 6, 2010 #8 The 'h' is a fairly recent arrival, I think. A 'numble' is a bit like a 'napron'; that's where we get the expression 'eating humble pie' - numbles were a cheap sort of meat (offal?...), so eating numble pie was something poor people did. b
The 'h' is a fairly recent arrival, I think. A 'numble' is a bit like a 'napron'; that's where we get the expression 'eating humble pie' - numbles were a cheap sort of meat (offal?...), so eating numble pie was something poor people did. b