Grammatical Error: Culinarian Levequest

[Shibi]

"An heirloom" is different because the "h" in "heirloom" is silent. One only pronounces it hair-loom if they are not familiar with the English word or if they are purposely trying to be funny. In the case of "heirloom" the initial sound is obviously a vowel, and so of course it takes "an" rather than "a". The issue in question in this thread is whether words that begin with a non-silent /h/ sound should use "a" or "an"; and in some dialects, presumably a subset of dialects that includes the one the localization team is aiming for, a word that begins with a non-silent /h/ sound takes "an".

Now I am genuinely curious, Rongway, as the USA tends to say 'erb rather than the h voiced form the rest of us use.

Would an American say "Rosemary is an herb"? We most certainly say "Rosemary is a herb" here.

[Rongway]

Would an American say "Rosemary is an herb"? We most certainly say "Rosemary is a herb" here.

A typical American would say "an'erb" rather than "a Herb", though I know a few people who do say "a Herb". For what it's worth, they happen to intersect heavily with the people who pronounce wh- words with a hw- ("Hwere are you going?")