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I was just wondering (crossthreading to subtervising's affects on language), didn't all those Herbal Essence shampoo commercials (starting in the 70's) put the "H" back in herbal? Didn't the voice-over announcer always pronounce the "h"? Madison Avenue strikes again!
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'Sbeen a while since I've heard me a commercial, but I shore don' remember no H in erbal essence.
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I'm with Faldage on this one, I don't remember a "Haitch" Herbal Essence, just "'erbal Essence". Which is how I'd say it myownself.
What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy? -Ursula K. Le Guin, author (1929- )
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Offhand can't recall how it's pronounced in the commercials. But if you *do pronounce the aitch, you lose the alliterative appeal of erbal essence. (Off to click my way to a shampoo commercial  )
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We have ads for "Herbal Essence" here, and in these, the "H" is very definitely audible.
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We have ads for "Herbal Essence" here, and in these, the "H" is very definitely audible.Thank you, Max. 
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the "H" is very definitely audible
And how about the R?
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The H is also audible in our Herbal Essence commercials (well, as far as being audible above a woman having an orgasm in the backgroud can be)
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Um, was I right in assuming that Herbal Essence is advertised everywhere by showing a woman washing her hair and making loud orgasm-induced moans (because she is evidently so pleased with the richness of it all) and yelling "yes, yes, yes."
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