How do you say it?

Mattman3969

Do you pronounce it fresh “Herbs” or fresh “Erbs” ?   

Just watching a grilling show and this dude cooked the hell out Herb.  Lol.  

bgebrent

Tomato tomato.

Mattman3969

But you said it the same way twice 

SGH

The folks in Dixie kind of stretch out the Erbs version. Hence, Errrrrrrbssss.   

bgebrent

Mattman3969 said:

But you said it the same way twice 

Did I?

Mattman3969

@sgh that is exactly what I expected 

theyolksonyou

Yep.  Eeeeerrrrrrbbbbssss 

theyolksonyou

Herb was an aśshole I worked with 20+ yr ago

JohnInCarolina

theyolksonyou said:

Herb was an aśshole I worked with 20+ yr ago

Mattman3969

Didn’t he get eaten by a whale or sumpin?

ColtsFan

Erbs 

lousubcap

Herb side up- Erb side down.

TEXASBGE2018

Is it roger mooking? He pronounces everything weird. He calls produce “prawduce” and a bunch of other stuff weird names. It drives me insane even though I love his show man fire food.

northGAcock

Depends on if it’s the poo poo asking. 

theyolksonyou

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Is it roger mooking? He pronounces everything weird. He calls produce “prawduce” and a bunch of other stuff weird names. It drives me insane even though I love his show man fire food.

Cause you ain’t from round here. 

Mattman3969

TEXASBGE2018 said:

Is it roger mooking? He pronounces everything weird. He calls produce “prawduce” and a bunch of other stuff weird names. It drives me insane even though I love his show man fire food.

Naw.  Out of respect I won’t call the dude out but I’ve never heard his name here 

Toxarch

Erbs.

Is Pecan pronounced "puh-con" or "pea-can". I like to say pea-can just to piss people off. 

GrateEggspectations

JohnInCarolina said:

theyolksonyou said:

Herb was an aśshole I worked with 20+ yr ago

That outfit could induce seizures. 

CPFC1905

Don't worry lads, @eoin and I can help you out here.
Herb : dropping the H is no biggy,  but missing letters from other words is more of an issue, I give you;

• aluminium
• missile
• squirrel

each of which you prefer to contract.

On to other more challenging sounds, why do you take the 'r' sound out of oregano and put it in pasta?

Foghorn

CPFC1905 said:

Don't worry lads, @eoin and I can help you out here.
Herb : dropping the H is no biggy,  but missing letters from other words is more of an issue, I give you;

• aluminium
• missile
• squirrel

each of which you prefer to contract.

On to other more challenging sounds, why do you take the 'r' sound out of oregano and put it in pasta?

@CPFC1905, I'm not sure what part of the US you're referring to, but you're not describing the way most people I know talk.

Bostonians do drop the 'r' out park (pahk) and yard (yahd) and put it into wash (warsh) - if that's what you mean.

Botch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idtEpRe7KZQ
 
...and fer cryin' out loud, it's "nu-cle-ar"!!!

theyolksonyou

Foghorn said:

CPFC1905 said:

Don't worry lads, @eoin and I can help you out here.
Herb : dropping the H is no biggy,  but missing letters from other words is more of an issue, I give you;

• aluminium
• missile
• squirrel

each of which you prefer to contract.

On to other more challenging sounds, why do you take the 'r' sound out of oregano and put it in pasta?

@CPFC1905, I'm not sure what part of the US you're referring to, but you're not describing the way most people I know talk.

Bostonians do drop the 'r' out park (pahk) and yard (yahd) and put it into wash (warsh) - if that's what you mean.

The first two I know how you Brits say it, but can’t for the life of me think of another way to say squirrel 

GATraveller

JohnInCarolina said:

theyolksonyou said:

Herb was an aśshole I worked with 20+ yr ago

WKRP was such a great show. 

CPFC1905

Foghorn said:

CPFC1905 said:

Don't worry lads, @eoin and I can help you out here.
Herb : dropping the H is no biggy,  but missing letters from other words is more of an issue, I give you;

• aluminium
• missile
• squirrel

each of which you prefer to contract.

On to other more challenging sounds, why do you take the 'r' sound out of oregano and put it in pasta?

@CPFC1905, I'm not sure what part of the US you're referring to, but you're not describing the way most people I know talk.

Bostonians do drop the 'r' out park (pahk) and yard (yahd) and put it into wash (warsh) - if that's what you mean.

Warsh, as in war-sh? 

Worked with many NATO colleagues on OEF and loved the different ways we all pronounced the same word.

Canadians and their 'hooooosss' and 'going ooooot'.
Germans had not equivalent word for 'fluffy'  and likewise were not keen on the word, 'squirrel'.
I used to hear 'missle' a fair bit from the US guys.
Plus the Aussies starting all sentences with 'Yeah, look' or 'Yeah, no, look'.    Safa's saying 'is it' instead of OK - and more or less everything else.   And a Finnish friend asking why my colleague thought he has a 'sweet ass' when he was saying 'sweet as (a nut)' - being of London origin. 
 

JethroVA

squirrel rhymes with girl around here.  
And "jeet jet?"  means "did ya eat yet?" 

JethroVA

All this talk of sqirl is making me hungry. 

JethroVA

CPFC1905 said:

Don't worry lads, @eoin and I can help you out here.
Herb : dropping the H is no biggy,  but missing letters from other words is more of an issue, I give you;

• aluminium
• missile
• squirrel

each of which you prefer to contract.

On to other more challenging sounds, why do you take the 'r' sound out of oregano and put it in pasta?

I have close relatives that say "peetzer" for pizza.  And someone very close too me says sallllmon.  

TN_Egger

this one cracks me up 

https://youtu.be/DmFntGDCCJY

Botch

JethroVA said: 

And "jeet jet?"  means "did ya eat yet?" 

Our variation in Ohio was, "Squeet, mongrey" (let's go eat, I'm hungry)  

GATraveller

JethroVA said:

squirrel rhymes with girl around here.  
And "jeet jet?"  means "did ya eat yet?" 

Fixin to

theyolksonyou

Nenertook