On 6/12/06 22:32, in article
ws.net, "Sue"
wrote:


"Sacha" wrote
snip
I don't think it really matters very much at all
but oregano is such an Italian-food-associated herb that it's the one
that springs most easily to mind in terms of pronunciation. The thing
I find most disconcerting about American pronunciation is the use of
'erbs' for 'herbs'!

'Ere, 'Iggins - pass me an 'andful of those 'erbs.

That's about it - and one day, 'iggins will say "Nahhhhh"! ;-))

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