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In English you almost always pronounce an H at the start of the word. In fact I can't think of any examples other than Hour for when you don't pronounce it

e.g.

Hot Happy House Hotel Humble Hundred Help Hippo

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Herb, whether you pronounce the H depends on whether you speak British or American English.

Honor, heir, honest. Together with herb and hour, those are the only ones I can think of.

Also homage. This page gives a list, which is just those plus derivatives:

https://yolainebodin.com/the-language-nook/english/english-w...

That's a good point - thanks. This would explain "hour" in OP case.

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