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gemfyreWHY do Americans pronounce "Parmesan" as "Parmajhan"?
Hrm, maybe the same reason "herb" becomes "urb" in Americanese, and aluminium loses a syllable.
Hrm, maybe the same reason "herb" becomes "urb" in Americanese, and aluminium loses a syllable.
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Date: 2006-04-14 03:25 pm (UTC)I remember as a little kid being taught that it was "haitch" not "aitch". It's a proper English thing I think. I know in My Fair Lady Higgins spends quite a bit of time teaching Eliza how to enunciate her h's.