pronounce "humble"

[ostap77]

My Webster gives two options of the pronunciation of "humble" with and without "h". How do you pronounce it?

 

[lauralie2]

With "h", [h]umble.

 

[5jj]

Also in BrE

 

[lauralie2]

Also in BrE

Which dialects? :-D

 

[ostap77]

Which dialects? :-D

You put "h" in brackets. So that would mean you don't pronounce it?

 

[5jj]

Which dialects? :-D

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]

You put "h" in brackets. So that would mean you don't pronounce it?

Phonetic transcriptions are given within square brackets [...].

Yes, I pronounce the "h" in humble. :-D

 

[BobK]

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.

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