Xena has freaked out

Haha, Wrathy can't spell!

And "schedule" IS pronounced "sk" rather than "sh". There's a reason the Brits don't run the world anymore, and it's because they think there's an "f" somewhere in "lieutenant". And "harass" is pronounced like it's two words, because I say so.

Also, I think any American who pronounces "herb" without the "h" should be sent to Camp X-Ray pronto.
 
We need phonetic symbols to make things clearer. Confusion abounds when trying to make the distinction on an internet forum between two words spelled exactly the same.
 
There ya go.

Re phonetically; English is a silly language. Why else would 'ough' have 8 different pronunciations?