Where an H survives and where it does not

/ɜːrb/noun

A leafy plant used in cooking to add flavor.

They dried every herb in that little stone kitchen.

/ɜːrb/noun

A leafy plant used in cooking to add flavor.

In American English the h is dropped — say 'erb'.

/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/noun

A thing put out for the public to look at.

The portrait in the hall is our oldest exhibit.

/ɪɡˈzɪbɪt/noun

A thing put out for the public to look at.

The h vanishes and the x turns into a 'gz' sound; stress the middle syllable.

/ˈhɑːloʊ/adjective

Empty inside, with a space where solid material would be.

Knock on this wall and it sounds completely hollow.

/ˈhɑːloʊ/adjective

Empty inside, with a space where solid material would be.

/ɡoʊst/noun

The spirit of a dead person that some people believe can be seen.

Has anyone on this tour actually seen the ghost?

/ɡoʊst/noun

The spirit of a dead person that some people believe can be seen.

The h after the g does nothing.

/ˈaʊər/noun

A length of time of sixty minutes.

The whole tour takes about an hour, doesn't it?

/ˈaʊər/noun

A length of time of sixty minutes.

Sounds just like "our" — the h is silent.

/ˈekoʊ/verb

To ring with a sound that keeps bouncing back.

Our footsteps echo all the way down this hallway.

/ˈekoʊ/verb

To ring with a sound that keeps bouncing back.

The ch is a k sound: 'eck-oh'.

/ˈhʌvər/verb

To stay in one spot in the air without landing.

The guide said candles used to hover above the table.

/ˈhʌvər/verb

To stay in one spot in the air without landing.

First vowel is like 'love', not like 'over'.

/er/noun

The person who legally receives someone's money and property after they die.

The last heir of the family lived here alone.

/er/noun

The person who legally receives someone's money and property after they die.

One syllable, no h. It sounds exactly like 'air'.

/ˈɑːnəst/adjective

Not cheating or lying to people.

To be honest, I can feel a draft in here.

/ˈɑːnəst/adjective

Not cheating or lying to people.

No h at all; it opens like the word "on".

/ˈfɔːrhed/noun

The part of your face between your eyebrows and your hair.

Something cold just touched my forehead near the stairs.

/ˈfɔːrhed/noun

The part of your face between your eyebrows and your hair.

Here the h is sounded: fore-head, not 'forrid'.