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Pronunciation of the word 'Hobby' in Spanish
I always thought that there are no exceptions in pronunciation of a silent consonant H in the start of a word. But in the word Hobby it isn't silent.
I think it's because the word is foreign. Are there any other exceptions with H?
Sep 13, 2018 12:54 AM
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You are right. We pronunce /jobi/ because of the English pronunciation.
September 13, 2018
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As you can guess, many foreign names also follow this usage (not all).
There's also the CH digram, which is pronounced as you might expect.
The name of the letter H in Spanish is "hache", and it itself contains an example of both a silent and a non-silent H.
September 13, 2018
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