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The pronunciation of letter ' h ' in some words
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Anonymous  #369992  Thu, 24 May 07 09:47 PM

Hi!

Please, could you help me? I' d like to know if in the words: ' hypocrisy' and 'hypothesis', the letter 'h' is pronunciated.

And how to know when this letter should be pronunciated in a word ?

Thanks for helping me,

       Sula
  
Conchita57  #370054  Fri, 25 May 07 12:14 AM
Yes, the 'h' is pronounced in both words:

hypocrisy PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic

hypothesis PhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhonetic

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/flatmates/episode53/languagepoint.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H
  
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In the beginning was the word.
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Anonymous  #370071  Fri, 25 May 07 01:10 AM

Hi, Conchita57 !

 Thank you !

Best regards,

    Sula
  
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CalifJim  #370079  Fri, 25 May 07 01:25 AM
Initial h is silent in hour, honor, honest, heir, and herb1, and in their compounds (e.g., hourly, honorable).
These are the most important to remember.

CJ

1The h in herb is pronounced in British English.
  
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