Timeline for Why is 'an' used with 'an honour'?
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| Nov 27, 2016 at 17:56 | comment | added | Andy | @JonathanLeffler gotcha, I wasn't sure :) | |
| Nov 26, 2016 at 17:50 | comment | added | Jonathan Leffler | @Andy: I'd suggest some parts of southern England would use "an 'istoric" with no or almost no aspiration on the h. For example, I'm fairly sure that's what I'd say. And the 'proper' vs 'properly' is intended to be a joke in some English dialect — Cockney or thereabouts. It's more than a tad difficult to convey that in a comment on SO, though.. I suppose I could have shown some glottlestops (or is that "glo'lestops"?) etc. | |
| Nov 26, 2016 at 16:33 | comment | added | Andy | and @JonathanLeffler that's speak properly ;) | |
| Nov 26, 2016 at 16:32 | comment | added | Andy | @JonathanLeffler do you have any idea in what areas "an 'istoric" is the common pronunciation? Where I live (Austin, TX) I'm pretty sure most people would say "a historic". | |
| Aug 28, 2013 at 15:36 | comment | added | LarsH | @JonathanLeffler: "An umbrella" vs. "a ukelele" isn't weird. Ukelele starts with a consonant sound (a y glide). | |
| Dec 8, 2010 at 16:04 | vote | accept | JFW | ||
| Dec 8, 2010 at 14:28 | comment | added | Jonathan Leffler | I can't help it if they weren't brought up to speak proper, can I? :D | |
| Dec 8, 2010 at 11:28 | comment | added | Robusto | @Jonathan: I frequently hear people say "an historic occasion" with no elision of the "h". | |
| Dec 8, 2010 at 7:16 | comment | added | Jonathan Leffler | But that's because it is pronounced "an 'istoric occasion at an 'otel", but "the historic hotel" has fully aspirated h's; English is weird! You also, of course, get "an umbrella" but "a ukelele". | |
| Dec 8, 2010 at 1:20 | history | answered | Robusto | CC BY-SA 2.5 |