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In article >,
Tracy > wrote:

> ChattyCathy wrote:
>
> >
> > CUEmin.

>
> That's how I say it too - CUEmin, Qmin, Kyoo min.....
>
> When I hear someone say kuh min..it's like fingernails on a chalkboard.
> It just doesn't sound right. I can deal with koo min though.
>
> I also say erbs as opposed to "H"erbs. The H is silent. Again, just my
> way, not necessarily the only way.
>
> Tracy


Do you say iss-tory? How about the author of Moby Dick? Erman Melville?
There's some law about why erbs is correct but I can't remember what it
is or what court it was adjudicated in.

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